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Pachyrhizodus

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Pachyrhizodus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Pachyrhizodus caninus skeletons
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Pachyrhizodontidae

Cope, 1872
Genus:
Pachyrhizodus

Dixon, 1850
Species [1]
  • Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope, 1872
  • Pachyrhizodus etayoi Páramo, 1997
  • Pachyrhizodus leptopsis Cope, 1874
  • Pachyrhizodus minimus Stewart, 1899

Pachyrhizodus is an extinct genus of bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous in the Western Interior Seaway in North America and in Colombia, South America.

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References

  1. ^ Mike Everhart (February 2, 2010). "Pachyrhizodus. A Large Predatory Fish from the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Sea". Oceans of Kansas Paleontology. Retrieved May 5, 2011.

Sources

  • Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
  • Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils by Rex Buchanan