Gyronchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Jurassic. This genus is wastebasket taxon used for pycnodonts like Macromesodon and Turbomesodon.[1]
| Gyronchus Temporal range: Jurassic
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| Genus: | Gyronchus
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| Gyronchus oblongus Agassiz, 1843
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- ^ 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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