Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Alternative combination: Ichthyodectes perniciosus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48
Belongs to Protosphyraena according to M. Friedman et al. 2010
See also Cope 1874 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Protosphyraena bentoniana, Protosphyraena chirurgus, Protosphyraena dimidiata, Protosphyraena ferox, Protosphyraena gibberula, Protosphyraena hurleyi, Protosphyraena nitida, Protosphyraena obliquidens, Protosphyraena occidentalis, Protosphyraena recurvirostris, Protosphyraena spectabilis, Protosphyraena tenuirostris, Protosphyraena tenuis, Protosphyraena terminalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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