Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes

Full reference: D. Davies. 1887. On a new species of Pholidophorus from the Purbeck Beds of Dorsetshire. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 4:337-339

Parent taxon: Pachycormiformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Austropleuropholis, Baleiichthys, Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Eugnathides, Eurystichthys, Flugopterus, Hengnania, Hungkiichthys, Koonwarria, Luisichthys, Neopachycormus, Oreochima, Pachycormidae, Pachytrissops, Parapleuropholis, Pholidophoristion, Protoclupea, Prymnetes, Seefeldia, Wadeichthys

Subtaxa: Ichthyokentema purbeckensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lulworth Cove (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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