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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 |
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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.