Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Synonym: Macropycnodon Shimada et al. 2010
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (8me, 9me livraison) 225-264
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to K. Shimada et al. 2021
See also Arambourg and Joleaud 1943 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Acrotemnus faba Acrotemnus streckeri
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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