Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48
Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza and S. Wenz 2002
See also Arambourg and Joleaud 1943, Arratia 2015, Cantalice et al. 2019, Cope 1878, Gardiner 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Eomesodon, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Uranoplosus
Subtaxa: Gyrodus analis Gyrodus atherfieldensis Gyrodus circularis Gyrodus conicus Gyrodus cordillera Gyrodus cretaceus Gyrodus cuvieri Gyrodus frontatus Gyrodus hexagonus Gyrodus jurassicus Gyrodus laevior 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: Stromateus hexagonus
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Chile (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), France (3), Germany (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of France (1)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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