Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas 71:3-24
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to O. P. Hay 1916
See also Shimada et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Pycnomicrodon texanus
Type: Microdon texanus
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at near Vanderpool (Cretaceous of Texas)
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