†Platacodon Marsh 1889 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part II. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:177-180
Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to R. Estes 1964
See also Bryant 1989, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hay 1902 and Marsh 1889
Sister taxon: Pseudoeleginus
Subtaxa: Platacodon nanus
Type: Platacodon nanus
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (15: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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