Apomesodon gibbosus Wagner 1851 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes

Alternative combination: Mesodon gibbosus

Belongs to Apomesodon according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza and S. Wenz 2002

Sister taxa: Apomesodon comosus, Apomesodon surgens

Type specimen: BSPG AS VII 346. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll)

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