Pachyrhizodus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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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 | |
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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.