†Liodesmus Wagner 1863 (bowfin)
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Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748
Parent taxon: Amiidae according to A. S. Woodward 1895
See also Patterson and Rosen 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1863
Sister taxa: Amia, Amiinae, Amiopsinae, Guizhouamia, Hispanamia, Lehmanamia, Nipponamia, Notaeus, Paleamia, Pappichthys, Protamia, Solnhofenamiinae, Vidalamiinae
Subtaxa: Liodesmus gracilis Liodesmus sprattiformis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Jurassic of Germany)
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