Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: J. Kriwet. 1999. Pycnodont fishes (Neopterygii, †Pycnodontiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Uña (E-Spain) with comments on branchial teeth in pycnodontid fishes. Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 215-238
Belongs to Anomoeodus according to J. Kriwet 1999
Sister taxa: Anomoeodus barberi, Anomoeodus caddoi, Anomoeodus latidens, Anomoeodus mississippiensis, Anomoeodus phaseolus, Anomoeodus splendidus, Anomoeodus subclavatus, Anomoeodus woodwardi
Type specimen: IPFUB Uña Pyc 1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Uña, which is in a Barremian alluvial fan limestone/lignite in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Uña
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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