Tomognathus Agassiz 1850 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes

Parent taxon: Amioidea according to P. L. Forey and C. Patterson 2006

See also Dixon 1850 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Paracentrophoridae, Promecosominidae

Subtaxa: Tomognathus leiodus Tomognathus mordax

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Type: Tomognathus mordax

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tomognathus in the database

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