Ichthyodectes tenuidens Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Ichthyodectes according to L. Cavin et al. 2013

See also Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Ichthyodectes acanthicus, Ichthyodectes anaides, Ichthyodectes arcuatus, Ichthyodectes cruentus, Ichthyodectes ctenodon, Ichthyodectes goodeanus, Ichthyodectes hamatus, Ichthyodectes libanicus, Ichthyodectes minor, Ichthyodectes multidentatus, Ichthyodectes parvus, Ichthyodectes prognathus

Type specimen: BMNH 49054, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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