Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Alternative combination: Erisichthe nitida
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. [Remarks on the geology of Wyoming]. American Journal of Science, series 3 (separate) 1-2
Belongs to Protosphyraena according to M. Friedman et al. 2010
See also Applegate 1970, Cope 1873, Cope 1877, Hay 1902, Shimada et al. 2006 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Protosphyraena bentoniana, Protosphyraena chirurgus, Protosphyraena dimidiata, Protosphyraena ferox, Protosphyraena gibberula, Protosphyraena hurleyi, Protosphyraena obliquidens, Protosphyraena occidentalis, Protosphyraena perniciosa, Protosphyraena recurvirostris, Protosphyraena spectabilis, Protosphyraena tenuirostris, Protosphyraena tenuis, Protosphyraena terminalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama, Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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