Rise and fall of †Pycnodontiformes: Diversity, competition and extinction of a successful fish clade

Abstract †Pycnodontiformes was a successful lineage of primarily marine fishes that broadly diversified during the Mesozoic. They possessed a wide variety of body shapes and were adapted to a broad range of food sources. Two other neopterygian clades possessing similar ecological adaptations in both...

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Main Authors: John J. Cawley, Giuseppe Marramà, Giorgio Carnevale, Jaime A. Villafaña, Faviel A. López‐Romero, Jürgen Kriwet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7168