†subfamily Nursalliinae Blot 1987 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Alternative spelling: Nursalliidae

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020

See also Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2002 and Shimada et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Ocloedus, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Typodus, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: Abdobalistum Neomesturus Nursallia Palaeobalistum Paranursallia

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (4 collections)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Italy (3), Lebanon (10), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)

Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences

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