Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Full reference: S. Stumpf, J. Ansorge, C. Pfaff and J. Kriwet. 2017. Early Jurassic diversification of pycnodontiform fishes (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) after the end-Triassic extinction event: evidence from a new genus and species, Grimmenodon aureum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37:e1344679
Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to S. Stumpf et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Coccodontoidea, Gyrodontoidei, Gyronchus, Ichthyoceras, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Trewavasia, Uranoplosus
Subtaxa: Grimmenodon aureum
Type: Grimmenodon aureum
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grimmen clay pit (EMAU collection, exaratum subzone) (Jurassic of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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