Phyllodus curvidens Marsh 1869 (ray-finned fish)

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 Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shiloh Marl (Miocene of New Jersey)

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