Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Alternative combination: Pycnodus phaseolus
Synonym: Pycnodus faba Leidy 1872 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792
Belongs to Anomoeodus according to Z. Boles et al. 2024
See also Case and Schwimmer 1988, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: Anomoeodus angustus, Anomoeodus barberi, Anomoeodus caddoi, Anomoeodus latidens, Anomoeodus mississippiensis, Anomoeodus nursalli, Anomoeodus splendidus, Anomoeodus subclavatus, Anomoeodus willetti, Anomoeodus woodwardi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (18: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences
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