Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Parent taxon: Pachyrhizodontoidei according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Cumbaa et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Nelson et al. 2016, Rapp 1946, Shimada et al. 2006 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Michin, Notelopidae
Subtaxa: Cavinichthys Conosaurus Elopopsis Goulmimichthys Lebrunichthys Oricardinus Pachyrhizodus Polcynichthys Stanhopeichthys
Type: Pachyrhizodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Lebanon (2), Mexico (5), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (41: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 66 collections including 82 occurrences