Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Synonyms: Pycnodus platessus Blainville 1818, Zeus platessus Blainville 1818
Belongs to Pycnodus according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza and S. Wenz 2002
See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus bicresta, Pycnodus bowerbanki, Pycnodus carolinensis, Pycnodus comminuens, Pycnodus complanatus, Pycnodus couloni, Pycnodus cretaceus, Pycnodus depressus, Pycnodus didymus, Pycnodus gigas, Pycnodus granulatus, Pycnodus hugii, Pycnodus jugleri, Pycnodus lametae, Pycnodus latior, Pycnodus latirostris, Pycnodus mantellii, Pycnodus minutus, Pycnodus mokattamensis, Pycnodus munsteri, Pycnodus nicoleti, Pycnodus orbicularis, Pycnodus ovalis, Pycnodus parallelus, Pycnodus planidens, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus preufsii, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (general) (Eocene of Italy)
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