Liodesmus sprattiformis Wagner 1863 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748

Belongs to Liodesmus according to J. Wagner 1863

Sister taxon: Liodesmus gracilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Solnhofen, which is in a Tithonian terrestrial horizon in Germany

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen

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