Mesolepis microptera Traquair 1879 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae

Belongs to Mesolepis according to R. H. Traquair 1879

Sister taxa: Mesolepis pustulosa, Mesolepis scalaris, Mesolepis wardi

Type specimen: NMS 1909.69. Its type locality is Knowles Ironstone, Fenton, which is in a Moscovian mire/swamp ironstone in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Knowles Ironstone, Fenton

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