Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2018. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Haqelpycnodus picteti gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Late Cretaceous tropical sea of Lebanon. Geo-Eco-Trop 42(1):117-132

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2018

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

Subtaxa: Haqelpycnodus picteti

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

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

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