Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Full reference: S. L. A. Cooper, S. Giles, H. Young and E. E. Maxwell. 2022. A new large †pachycormiform (Teleosteomorpha: †Pachycormiformes) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany, with affinities to the suspension-feeding clade, and comments on the gastrointestinal anatomy of pachycormid fishes. Diversity 14(1026)
Parent taxon: Pachycormidae according to R. Weis et al. 2024
See also Cooper et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Euthynotus, Hypsocorminae, Prosauropsis, Sauropsis
Subtaxa: Asthenocormus Bonnerichthys Germanostomus Leedsichthys Martillichthys Ohmdenia Pachycormus Rhinconichthys Saurostomus
Type: Asthenocormus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Delaware collection)
• Jurassic of Chile (2), France (10), Germany (15), Italy (2), Luxembourg (5), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 44 collections including 67 occurrences