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Pycnomicrodon

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Pycnomicrodon was named by Hay (1916). Its type is Microdon texanus.

It was assigned to Pycnodontidae by Hay (1916) and Hibbard and Graffham (1941).

Species
P. texanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Pycnomicrodon Hay p. 5
1941Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusPycnomicrodon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pycnomicrodon Hay 1916
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†Pycnomicrodon texanus Gidley 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Microdon texanus (157166)