Hadrodus Leidy 1857 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to K. Shimada 2006

See also Applegate 1970, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Mesodon, Microdon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: Hadrodus marshi Hadrodus priscus

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Type: Hadrodus priscus

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Israel (3), United States (18: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Texas)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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