Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Full reference: D. Thies, K. Stevens, and J. Ansorge. 2024. A new lepisosteiform neopterygian (Actinopterygii) from the lower Toarcian Grimmen Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania, Germany. PalZ

Parent taxon: Lepidotidae according to D. Thies et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Acentrophorus, Aetheolepis, Aphnelepis, Archaeolepidotus, Hemicalypterus, Paradapedium, Pristisomus, Sargodon, Semionotus, Semionotus serratus, Tetragonolepis, Tianfuichthys

Subtaxa: Mengius acutidens

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Type: Mengius acutidens

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grimmen clay pit, Lehmahagen (Jurassic of Germany)

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