†Prosaurodon Stewart 1999 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Full reference: J. D. Stewart. 1999. A new genus of Saurodontidae (Teleostei, †Ichthyodectiformes) from Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Western Interior of North America. Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 335-360
Parent taxon: Saurodontidae according to L. Cavin et al. 2013
See also Stewart 1999
Sister taxa: Gillicus, Gwawinapterus, Gwawinapterus beardi, Saurocephalus, Saurodon, Verraesichthys
Subtaxa: Ichthyodectes elegans Prosaurodon pygmaeus
Type: Prosaurodon pygmaeus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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