Anomoeodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pycnodontidae. This genus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, ranging from the Albian to Maastrichtian ages, and had a wide geographic distribution, with fossils found in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Egypt, Uzbekistan, and the United States.[1] Some studies have recovered it as a wastebasket taxon.[2] The first fossils of Anomoeodus were described by Louis Agassiz in 1833, although they were described under Pycnodus.[1]
In the United States, fossil teeth of the widespread species A. phaseolus are colloquially referred to as "drum fish" teeth due to their close resemblance to those of modern drumfish. However, they are unrelated to actual drumfish, which only appeared during the Cenozoic.[3]
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Taxa Presence Location Description Images †Anomoeodus Albian to Maastrichtian France; United States Anomoeodus is a genus of large pycnodontiform ray-finned...
Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 Genus Anomiophthalmus Costa, 1856 Genus Anomoeodus Forir, 1887 Genus Acrotemnus Agassiz 1836, Genus Akromystax Poyato-Ariza...
the species A. barberi from the US, which was previously assigned to Anomoeodus, was reclassified to Agassizilia due to it having more than four true...
Abdelmaksoud; Mousa, Mohamed Kamel; Tantawy, Abdel Aziz (December 2021). "ANOMOEODUS AEGYPTICUS N. SP. (PISCES, †PYCNODONTIFORMES) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS...
tellinoides †Anomoeodus †Anomoeodus latidens – type locality for species †Anomoeodus mississippiensis – type locality for species †Anomoeodus phaseolus Anteglosia...
Kristianstad Basin Genus Species Sites Age Material Notes Ref Images Anomoeodus A. subclavatus Ivö Klack, Ignaberga, Åsen Latest Early Campanian – early...
Local representatives included gars, teleosts, pycnodontiforms (such as Anomoeodus), elopiforms (such as Pachyrhizodus, similar to modern tuna) and pachycormiforms...
or unidentified comparable form †Allosaurus †Amyda †Ancilla †Anomia †Anomoeodus Arrhoges Astarte †Astrodon †Astrodon johnstoni – type locality for species...
including Ivoites. Shimada, K.; Everhart, M.J. (2009). "First record of Anomoeodus (Osteichthyes: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk...
( Arkansas Mississippi) A member or a relative of the family Anguillidae Anomoeodus wolfi Sp. nov Valid Capasso Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Del Rio United...