Polypsephis Hay 1899 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to O. P. Hay 1899

Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Mesodon, Microdon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polypsephis in the database

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