Liodesmus Wagner 1863 (bowfin)

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

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Jurassic of Germany)

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