Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (10me, 12me livraison)
Parent taxon: Phyllodontidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Bryant 1989, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Cope 1875, Estes and Hiatt 1978, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942, Rapp 1946, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1998 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Egertonia, Paralbula, Paralbulinae, Phyllodontinae
Subtaxa: Phyllodus bucklandi Phyllodus curvidens Phyllodus elegans Phyllodus hipparionyx Phyllodus marginalis Phyllodus paulkatoi Phyllodus planus Phyllodus polyodus Phyllodus toliapicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Montana, North Carolina, Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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