Eomesodon Woodward, 1918
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Genus Eomesodon Woodward, 1918
TYPE SPECIES. — Pycnodus liassicus Egerton, 1855 .
INCLUDED SPECIES. — The type species,? E. barnesi ( Woodward, 1906) , and E. depressus? Woodward, 1918 .
REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — Primitive Pycnodontoid fishes with the following unique combination of primitive and derived characters: caudal pedicle differentiated; frontals curved and long; tubular infraorbitals absent; two dentary teeth; five prearticular tooth rows; 25 to 29 vertebrae; dorsal and anal fins rounded in the centre; 15 to 17 dorsal ridge scales.
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