Gyrodus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to the middle Cretaceous (Barremian).[2]

Gyrodus
Temporal range: Bajocian–Barremian
Gyrodus hexagonus from Solnhofen, Germany
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Gyrodus

Species
  • G. circularisAgassiz, 1833
  • G. cordillera Martill et al., 1998
  • G. cretaceus Agassiz, 1844
  • G. hexagonusde Blainville, 1818
  • G. huiliches Gouiric-Cavalli et al., 2019
  • G. milium Henry, 1876

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Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward