Sargodon
{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|242|201.6|Ladinian–Rhaetian}}
| image = Sargodon tomicus.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil
| image2 = Sargodon tomicus reconstruction.jpg
| image2_caption = Artist's reconstruction
| taxon = Sargodon
| authority = Plieninger, 1847
| type_species = {{extinct}}Sargodon tomicus
| type_species_authority = Plieninger, 1847
}}
Sargodon is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe.{{cite journal |last1=Romano |first1=Carlo |last2=Koot |first2=Martha B. |last3=Kogan |first3=Ilja |last4=Brayard |first4=Arnaud |last5=Minikh |first5=Alla V. |last6=Brinkmann |first6=Winand |last7=Bucher |first7=Hugo |last8=Kriwet |first8=Jürgen |title=Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution |journal=Biological Reviews |date=2016 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=106–147 |doi=10.1111/brv.12161 |pmid=25431138 |s2cid=5332637}}
Occurrence
File:Sargodon teeth Cene.JPG, Italy]]
Fossils of Sargodon tomicus are found in rocks of Ladinian (late Middle Triassic) to Rhaetian (latest Triassic) age. Remains have been described from Austria (Lower Austria, Vorarlberg), England, Italy (Campania, Lombardy), Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Poland (Tatra Mountains) and Switzerland (Graubünden).{{cite journal |last1=Latimer |first1=A. E. |last2=Giles |first2=S. |title=A giant dapediid from the Late Triassic of Switzerland and insights into neopterygian phylogeny |journal=Royal Society Open Science |date=2018 |volume=5 |issue=8 |pages=180497 |doi=10.1098/rsos.180497|pmid=30225040 |pmc=6124034 |bibcode=2018RSOS....580497L |doi-access=free }} It is known from both complete specimens, which could reach body lengths of about {{cvt|1|m|ft}}, and isolated dental plates that provided a triturating surface, suggesting that these animals fed on shelled organisms.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database]
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Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Category:Triassic fish of Europe
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