Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: C. Arambourg and L. Joleaud. 1943. Vertébrés fossiles du bassin du Niger [Fossil vertebrates of the Niger basin]. Bulletin de la Service des Mines de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 7:28-85
Belongs to Coelodus according to N. Tabaste 1963
See also Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
Sister taxa: Coelodus bocagei, Coelodus brownii, Coelodus choffati, Coelodus cuneiformis, Coelodus decaturensis, Coelodus delgadoi, Coelodus fabadens, Coelodus latus, Coelodus malwaensis, Coelodus mesorachis, Coelodus multipinnatus, Coelodus oblongus, Coelodus ovalis, Coelodus riberoi, Coelodus rostratus, Coelodus saturnus, Coelodus stantoni, Coelodus suillus, Coelodus vetteri
Type specimen: Lambert AD 073, B 42; Chevalier coll., a set of teeth (vomerine and splenial dentitions)
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mali (1 collection), Niger (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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