Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: S. P. Applegate. 1992. A new genus species of pycnodont from the cretaceous (Albian) of Central Mexico, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla. Revista del Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 10:164-178
Belongs to Tepexichthys according to S. P. Applegate 1992
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM-3286, a skeleton. Its type locality is Site IGM-370, Tlayúa Quarry (Aranguthy quarry), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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