Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to K. Shimada 2006
See also Applegate 1970, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Flagellipinna, Gregoriopycnodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Hadrodus priscus
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Arkansas)
• Cretaceous of United States (12: Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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