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A school of Gyrodus

Gyrodus is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the late Triassic (Rhaetian) to the middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian).

Distribution[]

Fossils of Gyrodus have been found in:

Triassic
  • Franche-Comté, France
Jurassic
  • Quehita and Quebrada Formations, Chile
  • Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry and Fumel, France
  • Painten Formation and Liegende Bankkalk Formation, Germany
  • Sot de Chera Formation, Spain
  • Calcareous Grit Formation, England
Cretaceous
  • Agrio Formation, Argentina
  • Ashville Formation, Canada
  • Zapata Formation, Chile
  • Baharîje Formation, Egypt
  • Douiret Formation, Tunisia
  • West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation, England


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