Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
The specific nomen refers to the Caddo Nation, Native American people who occupied a broad region of the lower Red River in Arkansas, Oklahoma, east Texas, and Louisiana.
Full reference: C. A. Suarez, J. Frederickson, R. L. Cifelli, J. G. Pittman, R. Nydam, R. K. Hunt-Foster, and K. Morgan. 2021. A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA. PeerJ 9(e12242):1-60
Belongs to Anomoeodus according to C. A. Suarez et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Anomoeodus barberi, Anomoeodus latidens, Anomoeodus mississippiensis, Anomoeodus nursalli, Anomoeodus phaseolus, Anomoeodus splendidus, Anomoeodus subclavatus, Anomoeodus woodwardi
Type specimen: UA-2016-13-232, a partial skull (prearticular plate bearing two main, four inner lateral, and four outer lateral teeth). Its type locality is Weyerhaeuser Briar Plant Quarry [Holly Creek], which is in an Albian coastal mudstone/sandstone in the Holly Creek Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Weyerhaeuser Briar Plant Quarry [Holly Creek]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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