Legnonotus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

Full reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436

Parent taxon: Macrosemiidae according to T. Hornung et al. 2019

See also Sepkoski 2002, Tintori and Renesto 1983 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Agoultichthys, Eosemionotus, Histionotus, Macrosemiocotzus, Macrosemius, Notagogus, Propterus

Subtaxa: Legnonotus cothamensis Legnonotus krambergeri Legnonotus obtusus

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (6 collections), Italy (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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