Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: L. Taverne, L. Capasso, and M. Del Re. 2020. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Gregoriopycnodus bassanii gen. nov., a pycnodont fish (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (southern Italy). Geo-Eco-Trop 44(1):161-174
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to L. Taverne et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Gregoriopycnodus bassanii
Type: Gregoriopycnodus bassanii
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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