Stephanodus Zittel 1883 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae

Parent taxon: Eotrigonodontidae according to K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal 1987

See also Case and Schwimmer 1988 and Tabaste 1963

Sister taxa: Eotrigonodon, Kankatodus

Subtaxa: Stephanodus lybicus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (4 collections), Pakistan (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Egypt (2), France (2), India (10), Jordan (1), Mali (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Niger (4), Syria (6), United States (10: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (3)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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