Paramesturus Taverne 1981 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes

Full reference: L. Taverne. 1981. Les Actinoptérygiens de l'Aptien inférieur (Töck) d'Helgoland. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:43-82

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

See also Nursall 1999 and Taverne 1981

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

Subtaxa: Paramesturus stuehmeri

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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