Proscincetes Gistel 1848 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Parent taxon: Pycnodontes according to J. R. Nursall 1996

See also Forey et al. 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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