Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: G. W. Chiplonkar and M. A. Ghare. 1977. Palaeontology of the Bagh beds - Part VI - Pisces. Publication of the Centre of Advanced Study in Geology 11:130-138
Belongs to Coelodus according to G. W. Chiplonkar and M. A. Ghare 1977
Sister taxa: Coelodus bocagei, Coelodus brownii, Coelodus choffati, Coelodus cuneiformis, Coelodus decaturensis, Coelodus delgadoi, Coelodus fabadens, Coelodus latus, Coelodus mesorachis, Coelodus multipinnatus, Coelodus oblongus, Coelodus ovalis, Coelodus plethodon, Coelodus riberoi, Coelodus rostratus, Coelodus saturnus, Coelodus stantoni, Coelodus suillus, Coelodus vetteri
Type specimen: Kht 39/69, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Khadlu, which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone in the Nimar Sandstone Formation of India.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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