Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1913. Some new American pycnodont fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46(2036):445-450
Belongs to Coelodus according to J. W. Gidley 1913
Sister taxa: Coelodus bocagei, Coelodus brownii, Coelodus choffati, Coelodus cuneiformis, Coelodus decaturensis, Coelodus delgadoi, Coelodus latus, Coelodus malwaensis, Coelodus mesorachis, Coelodus multipinnatus, Coelodus oblongus, Coelodus ovalis, Coelodus plethodon, Coelodus riberoi, Coelodus rostratus, Coelodus saturnus, Coelodus stantoni, Coelodus suillus, Coelodus vetteri
Type specimen: USNM 7624, a partial skull (left splenial). Its type locality is near Gainesville, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Texas.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at near Gainesville
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