Paramicrodon estesi Thurmond 1974 (ray-finned fish)

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

Belongs to Paramicrodon according to J. T. Thurmond 1974

See also Barck 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMUSMP 62090, a partial skull (vomer). Its type locality is Paluxy Church, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siltstone in the Twin Mountains Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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