†Mesodon tenuidens Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Belongs to Mesodon according to A. S. Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Typodus abrasus, Typodus annulatus, Typodus diastemicus, Typodus dumblei, Typodus valens, Mesodon bucklandi, Mesodon limai, Mesodon liassicus, Mesodon rugulosus, Mesodon sharpei
Type specimen: BMNH 47983, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish)
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