Gyronchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Jurassic. This genus is currently treated as a wastebasket taxon used for pycnodonts like Macromesodon and Turbomesodon.[1]
| Gyronchus Temporal range: Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Genus: | †Gyronchus Agassiz 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Gyronchus oblongus Agassiz, 1843
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See also
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References
edit- ^ Poyato-Ariza, F. J.; Wenz., S. (2004). "The new pycnodontid fish genus Turbomesodon, and a revision of Macromesodon based on new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain". Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity.: 341–378.
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