Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188
Parent taxon: Pycnodontes according to G. G. z. Münster 1846
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Gyrodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Microdus, Micropycnodon, Neoproscinetes, Nonaphalagodus, Omphalodus, Paramicrodon, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Stemmatodus, Tepexichthys, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Sphaerodus hybridus Sphaerodus minimus Sphaerodus subannularis Sphaerodus submamillaris Sphaerodus subradiatus Sphaerodus tetragonus
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Germany (1), Switzerland (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
• Triassic of France (1), Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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