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A pycnodont fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Gorden L. Bell Jr.
Gorden L. Bell Jr.*
Affiliation:
Red Mountain Museum, 1425 22nd St. South, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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Abstract

An unusually complete large pycnodont fish from the Mooreville Chalk of Green County, Alabama, is figured and compared to several previously described specimens. Material from the specimen apparently places Grypodus Hay = Ancistrodon Roemer, Hadrodus Leidy, and Propenser Applegate into synonymy. The specimen is referred to Hadrodus hewletti (Applegate). A complete dentition is present and most of the thick, tuberculated ganoid scales that covered the body are preserved. Exact location of the dorsal fin has been determined and many of the fragile gill rakers are represented.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 5 , September 1986 , pp. 1120 - 1126
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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