Pachyrhizodus gardneri Mason 1869 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Alternative combination: Acrodontosaurus gardneri

Full reference: J. W. Mason. 1869. On a new acrodont saurian from the Lower Chalk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 25(1-2):442–444

Belongs to Pachyrhizodus according to A. S. Woodward 1888

See also Mason 1869

Sister taxa: Pachyrhizodus basalis, Pachyrhizodus caninus, Pachyrhizodus curvatus, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus kingi, Pachyrhizodus latimentum, Pachyrhizodus leptognathus, Pachyrhizodus leptopsis, Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus subulidens, Pachyrhizodus velox

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lyddon's Spout, Folkestone, which is in a Cenomanian basinal (carbonate) horizon in the Lower Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lyddon's Spout, Folkestone

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