Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Belongs to Pachyrhizodus according to J. G. Allen and K. Shimada 2022

See also Applegate 1970, Bardack 1968, Giersch et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Shimada 2015 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

Sister taxa: Pachyrhizodus basalis, Pachyrhizodus curvatus, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus kingi, Pachyrhizodus latimentum, Pachyrhizodus leptognathus, Pachyrhizodus leptopsis, Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus subulidens, Pachyrhizodus velox

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), Mexico (1), United States (14: Alabama, Kansas, Texas)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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