Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016
See also Case and Schwimmer 1988, Kriwet 1999, Nursall 1996, Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada 2006, Suarez et al. 2021, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Anomoeodus angustus Anomoeodus barberi Anomoeodus caddoi Anomoeodus latidens Anomoeodus mississippiensis Anomoeodus nursalli Anomoeodus phaseolus Anomoeodus splendidus Anomoeodus subclavatus Anomoeodus willetti Anomoeodus woodwardi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (3), France (2), Germany (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Spain (2), Sweden (5), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (34: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Uzbekistan (4)
Total: 59 collections including 63 occurrences
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