Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: J. Cawley, J. Lehmann, F. Wiese and J. Kriwet. 2020. Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes, lower Turonian) northward migration caused by the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum. Cretaceous Research 116:1-22
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to J. Cawley et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi
Type: Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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