Micropycnodon Hibbard and Graffham 1945 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Mesturidae

Parent taxon: Mesturidae according to R. Allain et al. 2022

See also Bice and Shimada 2016, Maisch et al. 2021, Nursall 1996, Nursall 1999, Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Shimada et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Mesturus

Subtaxa: Micropycnodon gaynaisensis Micropycnodon kansasensis

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), France (1), Israel (1), United States (8: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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