Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes
Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza and S. Wenz 2002
See also Delsate et al. 2002, Gardiner 1960, Nursall 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyrodus, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Uranoplosus
Subtaxa: Eomesodon barnesi Eomesodon depressus Eomesodon hoeferi Eomesodon liassicus
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), India (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (3)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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