Mesturus Wagner, 1862

Poyato-Ariza F. J. & Wenz S., 2002, A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes, Geodiversitas 24 (1), pp. 139-248 : 148

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5463316
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scientific name	Mesturus Wagner, 1862
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Genus Mesturus Wagner, 1862

TYPE SPECIES. — By monotypy: Mesturus verrucosus Wagner, 1862 . Lower Tithonian from the “Solnhofener Plattenkalke” of Bavaria, Germany. Holotype of Mesturus verrucosus : specimen figured by Wagner (1862: pl. 3, fig. 1; caudal region only). Currently housed at the Bayerischen Staatssamlung für Paleontologie und Historische Geologie, München, Germany, specimen AS V 508.

OTHER SPECIES. — M. leedsi, Woodward 1895 , Oxfordian from the Peterborough Member of the Oxford Clay Formation, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom ; “ Mesturus cordillera ”, see under Gyrodus sp. ; Mesturus sp. , Tithonian from Canjuers, Var, France.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Mesturus verrucosus: JM SOS 2366 ; NHML 49147 View Materials (cast of holotype), P. 37023a-b, 8656 ; M. leedsi : holotype, NHML 6834 View Materials (isolated bones from a single skull). Other specimens: NHML 8382 View Materials , 8383 View Materials (remains of skull), 8384 (head with dentition plus some scales), 8385 (skull with dentition) ; Mesturus sp. , MNHN CNJ 130 View Materials a-b (nearly complete, partially disarticulated specimen) .