Thrissops molossus Woodward 1919 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1919. The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations, Part III. Palaeontographical Society, London 1917:105-148

Belongs to Thrissops according to L. Cavin et al. 2013

See also Woodward 1919

Sister taxa: Thrissops cephalus, Thrissops curtus, Thrissops exiguus, Thrissops formosus, Thrissops portlandicus, Thrissops subovatus

Type specimen: BMNH, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thrissops molossus in the database

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