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Leedsichthys
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Translingual
thumb|Restoration based on modern interpretation of the fossils
thumb|Largest specimen of Leedsichthys compared to other pachycormid fish
Etymology
From mul en Leeds surname + mul grc ἰχθύς fish, named after Alfred Nicholson Leeds.
Proper noun
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genus family †Pachycormidae family a gigantic ray-finned fish that lived in the oceans of the Middle to Late Jurassic, 165–148 million years ago
Hyponyms
genus †Leedsichthys problematicus species type species
†Leedsichthys notocetes species? other species
References
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mul Fish
mul taxonomic eponyms