Uranoplosus Sauvage 1879 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes

Alternative spelling: Uranoplasus

Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Eomesodon, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyrodus, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus

Subtaxa: Uranoplosus arctatus Uranoplosus cotteaui Uranoplosus flectidens

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Type: Uranoplosus cotteaui

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Uranoplosus in the database

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