Pycnodus comminuens Hay 1916 (ray-finned fish)

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

Belongs to Pycnodus according to O. P. Hay 1916

Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus apodus, Pycnodus bicresta, Pycnodus bowerbanki, Pycnodus carolinensis, Pycnodus complanatus, Pycnodus couloni, Pycnodus cretaceus, Pycnodus depressus, Pycnodus didymus, Pycnodus flabellatus, Pycnodus gigas, Pycnodus granulatus, Pycnodus hugii, Pycnodus jugleri, Pycnodus lametae, Pycnodus latior, Pycnodus latirostris, Pycnodus mantellii, Pycnodus minutus, Pycnodus munsteri, Pycnodus nicoleti, Pycnodus orbicularis, Pycnodus ovalis, Pycnodus parallelus, Pycnodus planidens, Pycnodus platessus, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus preufsii, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis

Type specimen: right splenial

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pycnodus comminuens in the database

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