Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2021. Osteology and relationships of Brauccipycnodus pillae gen. nov. from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (Campania, southern Italy). Geo-Eco-Trop 45(1):161-175

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2021

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

Subtaxa: Brauccipycnodus pillae

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Type: Proscinetes pillae

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pietraroja (Capasso collection) (Cretaceous of Italy)

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