''Coelodus'' is an extinct genus of fish in the family

Pycnodontidae Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Triassic period until the Eocene. Genera * '' Acrotemnus'' Agassiz, 1843 * '' Anomoeodus'' Forir, 1887 * ''Athrodon'' Sauvage, 1880 * '' Callodus'' Thurmond, 1974 * ''Cocc ...

from the Late Jurassic to early

Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), E ...

(

Danian The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cretaceous� ...

). Fossils of the genus have been found in:''Coelodus''
at

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.org ;Jurassic * Gardies, France ;Cretaceous *

Yacoraite Formation The Yacoraite Formation is a largely Mesozoic geologic formation. The deposits of this formation mainly date from the Maastrichtian of the Upper Cretaceous, but the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–T boundary) runs right through this formation ...

, Argentina *

El Molino Formation The El Molino Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation pertaining to the Puca Group of central Bolivia. The formation comprises fine-grained sandstones and sandy limestones with stromatolites deposited in a shallow marine to lacustrine env ...

, Bolivia * Baharîje Formation, Egypt * Ahlen and

Bückeberg Formation The Bückeberg Formation is a geologic formation and LagerstätteHornung et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.75 in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous period.Hornung et al., 2012 The Bückeberg Formation ha ...

s, Germany * Nimar Formation, India * Alburni, Italy * Damergou,

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, Niger * Cochirleni Formation, Romania * La Huérguina and Cabana Formations, Spain *

Pierre Shale The Pierre Shale is a geologic formation or series in the Upper Cretaceous which occurs east of the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, from Pembina Valley in Canada to New Mexico. The Pierre Shale was described by Meek and Hayden in 1862 in th ...

, Kansas *

Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation The Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation is a geological unit which forms part of the Wealden Group and the uppermost and youngest part of the unofficial Hastings Beds. These geological units make up the core of the geology of the Weald in the English c ...

, England * Tucumcari Formation, New Mexico * Twin Mountains and

Paluxy Formation The Paluxy Formation is a geological formation found in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weis ...

s, Texas ;Paleocene * Tremp Formation, Spain

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Pycnodontiformes genera Late Jurassic fish Jurassic bony fish Cretaceous bony fish Paleogene fish Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary Paleocene extinctions Maastrichtian life Campanian life Santonian life Coniacian life Turonian life Cenomanian life Albian life Aptian life Barremian life Hauterivian life Valanginian life Berriasian life Tithonian life Kimmeridgian life Oxfordian life Callovian life Bathonian first appearances Prehistoric fish of Africa Cretaceous Africa Fossils of Egypt Fossils of Niger Prehistoric fish of Asia Cretaceous India Fossils of India Cenozoic fish of Europe Fossils of Spain Mesozoic fish of Europe Cretaceous Germany Fossils of Germany Cretaceous Italy Fossils of Italy Fossils of Romania Cretaceous Spain Cretaceous United Kingdom Fossils of England Jurassic France Fossils of France Mesozoic fish of North America Cretaceous United States Fossils of the United States Prehistoric fish of South America Cretaceous Argentina Fossils of Argentina Cretaceous Bolivia Fossils of Bolivia {{Jurassic-fish-stub

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