Mesodon sharpei Sauvage 1898 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1898. Vertébrés Fossiles du Portugal. Contributions à l’Étude des Poissons et des Reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique [Fossil Vertebrates of Portugal. Contributions to the Study of the Fishes and Reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous] 1-46

Belongs to Mesodon according to H.-E. Sauvage 1898

Sister taxa: Typodus abrasus, Typodus annulatus, Typodus diastemicus, Typodus dumblei, Typodus valens, Mesodon rugulosus, Mesodon liassicus, Mesodon bucklandi, Mesodon limai, Mesodon tenuidens

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesodon sharpei in the database

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