†family Mesturidae Nursall 1996 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Mesturidae

Parent taxon: Gyrodontoidei according to J. R. Nursall 1999

See also Delsate et al. 2002 and Nursall 1996

Sister taxon: Gyrodontidae

Subtaxa: Arduafrons Mesturus Micropycnodon Paramesturus

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Type: Mesturus

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), France (1), Germany (1), Israel (1), United States (8: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (1)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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