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Liodesmus
Temporal range: Early Toarcian [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Genus: Liodesmus
Wagner, 1859

Liodesmus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch. [1]

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References

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