Legnonotus obtusus Tintori and Renesto 1983 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

Full reference: A. Tintori and S. Renesto. 1983. The Macrosemiidae (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89(2):209-222

Belongs to Legnonotus according to A. Tintori and S. Renesto 1983

Sister taxa: Legnonotus cothamensis, Legnonotus krambergeri

Type specimen: Induno Olona Museum P327, a skeleton. Its type locality is Cà del Frate, Viggiù, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Meride Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cà del Frate, Viggiù, Monte San Giorgio

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