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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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