Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Alternative combination: Raphiosaurus subulidens
Synonym: Pachyrhizodus intermedius Tarverne 1987
Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
Belongs to Pachyrhizodus according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Owen 1842, Owen 1851 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Pachyrhizodus basalis, Pachyrhizodus caninus, Pachyrhizodus curvatus, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus kingi, Pachyrhizodus latimentum, Pachyrhizodus leptognathus, Pachyrhizodus leptopsis, Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus velox
Type specimens:
- Pachyrhizodus subulidens: Its type locality is Near Cambridge (James Carter collection), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine horizon in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom
- Pachyrhizodus intermedius:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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