Coelodus Haeckel (ray-finned fish)

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

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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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