Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1869. Notice of some new Tertiary and Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 20(5):227-230

Belongs to Phyllodus according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Hay 1902 and Marsh 1869

Sister taxa: Phyllodus bucklandi, Phyllodus curvidens, Phyllodus hipparionyx, Phyllodus marginalis, Phyllodus paulkatoi, Phyllodus planus, Phyllodus polyodus, Phyllodus toliapicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Farmingdale

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