Pachyrhizodus Version 1

Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio

Entry 3.047

Volume 3

Issue 47

Chapter 3: Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama

Version 1

Osteichthyes

Crossognathiformes

Pachyrhizodontidae

Pachyrhizodus

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

https://doi.org/10.69737/GGLE1724

https://doi.org/10.69737/LRTS4796

https://doi.org/10.69737/RMEH2291

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