Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Parent taxon: Nursalliidae according to M. Nagrodski et al. 2012
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada et al. 2006 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Neomesturus, Nursallia, Paranursallia
Subtaxa: Palaeobalistum dossantosi Palaeobalistum geiseri Palaeobalistum libanicum Palaeobalistum orbiculatum Palaeobalistum rectidens
Type: Palaeobalistum orbiculatum
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Lebanon (2), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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