Mesodon liassicus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Alternative combinations: Eomesodon liassicus, Pycnodus liassicus

Full reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436

Belongs to Mesodon according to A. S. Woodward 1895

See also Gardiner 1960

Sister taxa: Typodus abrasus, Typodus annulatus, Typodus diastemicus, Typodus dumblei, Typodus valens, Mesodon limai, Mesodon tenuidens, Mesodon bucklandi, Mesodon sharpei, Mesodon rugulosus

Type specimen: BMNH 19864, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (Egerton Coll.), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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