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 ray-finned 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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