Eomesodon Woodward 1918 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes

Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza and S. Wenz 2002

See also Delsate et al. 2002, Gardiner 1960, Nursall 1996 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyrodus, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Uranoplosus

Subtaxa: Eomesodon barnesi Eomesodon depressus Eomesodon hoeferi Eomesodon liassicus

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

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

• Triassic of Austria (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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