Avitoplectus molaris Bemis et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Avitoplectidae

Full reference: K. E. Bemis, J. C. Tyler, W. E. Bemis, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana and T. Smith. 2017. A gymnodont fish jaw with remarkable molariform teeth from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e136944

Belongs to Avitoplectus according to K. E. Bemis et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WIF/A 2340, a mandible. Its type locality is Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-1), which is in a Ypresian channel sandstone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-1)

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