Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal. 1987. Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32:60-84
Belongs to Pycnodus according to K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal 1987
Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus apodus, Pycnodus bowerbanki, Pycnodus carolinensis, Pycnodus comminuens, Pycnodus complanatus, Pycnodus couloni, Pycnodus cretaceus, Pycnodus depressus, Pycnodus didymus, Pycnodus gigas, Pycnodus granulatus, Pycnodus hugii, Pycnodus jugleri, Pycnodus lametae, Pycnodus latior, Pycnodus latirostris, Pycnodus mantellii, Pycnodus minutus, Pycnodus mokattamensis, Pycnodus munsteri, Pycnodus nicoleti, Pycnodus orbicularis, Pycnodus ovalis, Pycnodus parallelus, Pycnodus planidens, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus preufsii, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis
Type specimen: VPL/K 593, a tooth. Its type locality is East Babbian Gala Locality, which is in a Lutetian channel lag shale in the Subathu Formation of India.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of India (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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