A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes Author Poyato-Ariza F. J. Author Wenz S. text Geodiversitas 2002 24 1 139 248 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5371649 1638-9395 5371649 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 (cast of holotype ), P. 37023a-b, 8656 ; M. leedsi : holotype , NHML 6834 (isolated bones from a single skull). Other specimens: NHML 8382 , 8383 (remains of skull), 8384 (head with dentition plus some scales), 8385 (skull with dentition) ; Mesturus sp. , MNHN CNJ 130 a-b (nearly complete, partially disarticulated specimen) .