Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2021. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Geo-Eco-Trop 45:487-495

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

Sister taxa: Acrotemnus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Ocloedus, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetinae, Pycnodontinae, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Stenamara, Typodus, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii

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Type: Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Agoult (University of Chieti collection) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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