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Pycnomicrodon texanus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Microdon texanus was named by Gidley (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 7621, a partial skull (vomerine tooth plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pycnomicrodon.

It was recombined as Pycnomicrodon texanus by Hay (1916).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Microdon texanus Gidley p. 445–446 fig. 1–2
1916Pycnomicrodon texanus Hay p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusPycnomicrodon
speciestexanus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pycnomicrodon texanus Gidley 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Microdon texanus (157166)