Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: R. d.a. Silva Santos. 1970. A paleoictiofauna da Formacao Santana - Holostei: Familia Girodontidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 42(3):446-452
Belongs to Microdon according to R. da. Silva Santos 1970
Sister taxa: Microdon radiatus, Microdon elegans, Microdon hexagonus, Microdon discoides, Microdon analis, Microdon abdominalis, Microdon biserialis
Type specimen: 918-P, DGM DNPM, a partial skeleton (head and mandible). Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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