†Tepexichthys Applegate 1992 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: S. P. Applegate. 1992. A new genus species of pycnodont from the cretaceous (Albian) of Central Mexico, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla. Revista del Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 10:164-178
Parent taxon: Pycnodontinae according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2019
See also Applegate 1992, Nursall 1996 and Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002
Sister taxa: Oropycnodus, Polazzodus, Pycnodus, Scalacurvichthys
Subtaxa: Tepexichthys aranguthyorum
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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