Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Synonym: Raphiosauridae Fowler 1911
Parent taxon: Pachyrhizodontoidei according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Cumbaa et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Rapp 1946, Shimada et al. 2006, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Michin, Notelopidae
Subtaxa: Cavinichthys Conosaurus Elopopsis Goulmimichthys Lebrunichthys Oricardinus Pachyrhizodus Polcynichthys Raphiosaurus Stanhopeichthys
Type: Pachyrizodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Czechia (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Lebanon (2), Mexico (6), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (44: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 75 collections including 98 occurrences