Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae
Alternative combinations: Gyrodus sp, Mesturus cordillera
Full reference: D. M. Martill, G. Chong D., and R. Pardo. 1998. A new pycnodont (Pisces, Actincopterygii) from the Jurassic of Chile. Neueus Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1998(8):485-493
Belongs to Gyrodus according to J. Kriwet 2000
See also Martill et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Gyrodus analis, Gyrodus angustus, Gyrodus circularis, Gyrodus conicus, Gyrodus cretaceus, Gyrodus cuvieri, Gyrodus frontatus, Gyrodus jurassicus, Gyrodus laevior, Gyrodus macropterus, Gyrodus macropththalmus, Gyrodus mammillaris, Gyrodus mantellii, Gyrodus milium, Gyrodus minor, Gyrodus muensteri, Gyrodus perlatus, Gyrodus platurus, Gyrodus punctatissimus, Gyrodus punctatus, Gyrodus radiatus, Gyrodus rhomboidalis, Gyrodus rugosus, Gyrodus rugulosus, Gyrodus runcinatus, Gyrodus trigonus, Gyrodus umbilicus
Type specimen: UCN 080597 MGHF, a partial skull. Its type locality is Quebrada Corral, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marginal marine mudstone/limestone in the Quehita Formation of Chile.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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