†Mengius acutidens Thies et al. 2024 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Belongs to Mengius according to D. Thies et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GG 435, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Grimmen clay pit, Lehmahagen, which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grimmen clay pit, Lehmahagen
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