Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii Taverne and Capasso 2021 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - 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

Belongs to Agoultpycnodus according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: University of Chieti Museum 19591, a skeleton. Its type locality is Agoult (University of Chieti collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

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

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