Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48
Parent taxon: Pycnodontes according to G. G. z. Münster 1846
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Sphaerodus annularis Sphaerodus cinctus Sphaerodus conicus Sphaerodus crassus Sphaerodus depressus Sphaerodus discus Sphaerodus gigas Sphaerodus hybridus Sphaerodus insignis Sphaerodus irregularis Sphaerodus lens Sphaerodus minimus Sphaerodus mitrula Sphaerodus oculusserpentis Sphaerodus parvus Sphaerodus subannularis Sphaerodus submamillaris Sphaerodus subradiatus Sphaerodus tetragonus Sphaerodus truncatus
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
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