Mesodon tenuidens Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Belongs to Mesodon according to A. S. Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Typodus abrasus, Typodus annulatus, Typodus diastemicus, Typodus dumblei, Typodus valens, Mesodon sharpei, Mesodon bucklandi, Mesodon liassicus, Mesodon rugulosus, Mesodon limai

Type specimen: BMNH 47983, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish)

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