Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2013. Osteology and relationships of Rhinopycnodus gabriellae gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon. European Journal of Taxonomy 67:1-14

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2013

Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: Rhinopycnodus gabriellae

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Type: Rhinopycnodus gabriellae

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqel (Capasso collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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