Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Parent taxon: Pycnodontes according to F. Poyato-Ariza 2010
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, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis
Subtaxa: Polazzodus Scalacurvichthys Tepexichthys
Type: Pycnodonteini
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (2 collections), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), Palestinian Territory (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence