Tomognathus mordax Dixon 1850 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Tomognathus according to P. L. Forey and C. Patterson 2006

See also Dixon 1850 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxon: Tomognathus leiodus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tomognathus mordax in the database

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