Macropycnodon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish which existed in New Mexico during the upper Cretaceous period.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010 |
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References
edit- ^ Kenshu Shimada, Thomas E. Williamson & Paul L. Sealey (2010). "A new gigantic pycnodont fish from the Juana Lopez Member of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale of New Mexico, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 598–603. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..598S. doi:10.1080/02724631003618298. S2CID 129687572.
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