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†Pycnodus parallelus Dixon 1850 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Alternative combination: Coelodus parallelus

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Pycnodus according to F. Dixon 1850

See also Woodward 1888

Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus apodus, 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 planidens, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus preufsii, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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