Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: G. G. z. Münster. 1846. Ueber die im Korallenkalk des Lindner Berges bei Hannover vorkommenden Ueberreste von Fischen, mit Beschreibung und Abbildung einiger neuen Arten [On the remains of fishes occurring in the Coral Chalk of Lindner Mountain in Hannover, with description and images of some new forms]. In G. G. z. Münster & H. Wissman, Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung, Bayreuth, Germany 7:36-50

Belongs to Pycnodus according to G. G. z. Münster 1846

Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus apodus, Pycnodus bicresta, Pycnodus bowerbanki, Pycnodus carolinensis, Pycnodus comminuens, Pycnodus complanatus, Pycnodus couloni, Pycnodus cretaceus, Pycnodus depressus, Pycnodus didymus, Pycnodus flabellatus, Pycnodus gigas, Pycnodus granulatus, Pycnodus hugii, Pycnodus jugleri, Pycnodus lametae, Pycnodus latior, Pycnodus latirostris, Pycnodus mantellii, Pycnodus minutus, Pycnodus munsteri, Pycnodus nicoleti, Pycnodus orbicularis, Pycnodus ovalis, Pycnodus parallelus, Pycnodus planidens, Pycnodus platessus, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lindner Berges, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Korallenkalk Formation of Germany

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lindner Berges

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