# Mesturus

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Extinct genus of fishes

Mesturus Mesturus fossil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: †Pycnodontiformes Family: †Mesturidae Genus: †Mesturus Wagner, 1862

**Mesturus** is an extinct genus of [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) from the [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic).[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mesturus Wagner, 1862"](https://www.gbif.org/species/4841589). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 2023-04-15.

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v t e Pycnodontiformes Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Pycnodontiformes see below↓ Pycnodontiformes Pycnodontiformes Acrorhinichthys Apomesodon Arduafrons Athrodon Grimmenodon Gyrodus Macromesodon Paramesturus Piranhamesodon Thurmondella Mesturidae Mesturus Micropycnodon? Brembodontidae Brembodus Eomesodon? Gibbodon? Serrasalmimidae Damergouia Diastemapycnodus Eoserrasalmimus Polygyrodus Serrasalmimus Coccodontoidea Congopycnodus Gebrayelichthyidae Gebrayelichthys Maraldichthys Coccodontidae Coccodus Corusichthys Cosmodus? Hensodon Ichthyoceros? Paracoccodus Trewavasia Gladiopycnodontidae Ducrotayichthys Gladiopycnodus Hayolperichthys Ichthyoceros? Joinvillichthys Monocerichthys Pankowskichthys Rostropycnodus Stenoprotome Tricherichthys Pycnodontidae Acrotemnus Agassizilia? Akromystax Anomoeodus Brauccipycnodus Coelodus Costapycnodus Gregoriopycnodus Haqelpycnodus Iemanja Libanopycnodus Macropycnodon? Neoproscinetes Njoerdichthys Ocloedus Potiguara Rhinopycnodus Sigmapycnodus Stemmatodus Stenamara Tepexichthys Texasensis Thiollierepycnodus Turbomesodon Proscinetinae Neoproscinetes Proscinetes Thiollierepycnodus? Turbomesodon? Turboscinetes Nursalliinae Abdobalistum Flagellipinna Neomesturus? Nursallia Palaeobalistum? Paranursallia Pycnodontinae Agoultpycnodus Oropycnodus Polazzodus Pycnodus Scalacurvichthys Sylvienodus Tergestinia

Taxon identifiers Mesturus Wikidata: Q6822159 Wikispecies: Mesturus EoL: 10510562 GBIF: 4841589 IRMNG: 1341901 Open Tree of Life: 4140390 Paleobiology Database: 35180

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