Pachyrhizodus

Pachyrhizodus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Pachyrhizodus caninus skeletons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Suborder:	Elopoidei
Family:	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.

Fossil

Restoration

References

↑ 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

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