Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1913. Some new American pycnodont fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46(2036):445-450
Belongs to Anomoeodus according to J. W. Gidley 1913
Sister taxa: Anomoeodus barberi, Anomoeodus caddoi, Anomoeodus mississippiensis, Anomoeodus nursalli, Anomoeodus phaseolus, Anomoeodus splendidus, Anomoeodus subclavatus, Anomoeodus woodwardi
Type specimen: USNM 2194, a partial skull (left splenial). Its type locality is 9 miles west of Tupelo, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Mississippi.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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