Microdon discoides Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Alternative combination: Mesodon discoides

Belongs to Microdon according to A. S. Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Microdon hexagonus, Microdon biserialis, Microdon abdominalis, Microdon analis, Microdon elegans, Microdon radiatus, Microdon penalvai

Type specimen: BMNH P.524, a partial skull (vomer)

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Little Gibraltar, near Oxford (BMNH Coll.) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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