Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Full reference: J. T. Thurmond. 1974. Lower vertebrate faunas of the Trinity Division on north-central Texas. Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:103-129
Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to G. Arratia 2015
See also Barck 1992 and Thurmond 1974
Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Coccodontoidea, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyronchus, Ichthyoceras, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Trewavasia, Uranoplosus
Subtaxa: Paramicrodon estesi
Type: Paramicrodon estesi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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