Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Synonyms: Anomiophthalmus Costa 1856, Glossodus Costa 1856
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to J. Kriwet 1999
See also Arambourg and Joleaud 1943, Argyriou 2022, D'Erasmo 1914, Hay 1902, Nursall 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Tabaste 1963 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Coelodus bocagei Coelodus brownii Coelodus choffati Coelodus cuneiformis Coelodus decaturensis Coelodus delgadoi Coelodus fabadens Coelodus latus Coelodus malwaensis Coelodus mesorachis Coelodus multipinnatus Coelodus oblongus Coelodus ovalis Coelodus plethodon Coelodus riberoi Coelodus rostratus Coelodus saturnus Coelodus stantoni Coelodus suillus Coelodus vetteri
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Bolivia (2), Croatia (2), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), India (3), Italy (1), Mali (1), Niger (7), Romania (1), Slovenia (3), Spain (3), United States (6: New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences
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