Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Synonym: Australopachycormus Kear 2007
Parent taxon: Hypsocorminae according to S. L. A. Cooper et al. 2022
See also Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Friedman et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Hoganson et al. 2019, Kanarkina et al. 2025, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada et al. 2006, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Hypsocormus, Kaykay, Orthocormus, Simocormus
Subtaxa: Protosphyraena bentoniana Protosphyraena chirurgus Protosphyraena dimidiata Protosphyraena ferox Protosphyraena gibberula Protosphyraena hurleyi Protosphyraena nitida Protosphyraena obliquidens Protosphyraena occidentalis Protosphyraena perniciosa Protosphyraena recurvirostris Protosphyraena spectabilis Protosphyraena tenuirostris Protosphyraena tenuis Protosphyraena terminalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), France (1), Italy (1), Jordan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (25: Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 42 collections including 44 occurrences
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