彼らを含むイクチオデクテス科(en)は、海退により北アメリカ地域から Western Interior Seaway が閉じて陸地に変わっていく時代に、当地域でも他地域でも、棲息環境であった浅海を失うことで絶滅に追いやられたと推測されている。本種は白亜紀末期のマーストリヒシアンからは発見されず、イクチオデクテス科の全てもまた、中生代を終わらせた大絶滅を境(K-T境界)として完全に姿を消した。
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