Palaeobalistum geiseri Thurmond 1974 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

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 Palaeobalistum according to J. T. Thurmond 1974

Sister taxa: Palaeobalistum bassanii, Palaeobalistum dossantosi, Palaeobalistum goedelii, Palaeobalistum libanicum, Palaeobalistum orbiculatum, Palaeobalistum rectidens, Palaeobalistum ventralis

Type specimen: SMUSMP 62093, 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 (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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