Genus: Aminiichthys EBERT, 2026
Etymology: In lasting memorial to of Jina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died on 19 September 2022 in a Tehran hospital due to physical violance she suffered while in morality polic custy fo ran alleged violation of the Iranian Hijab law: Woman, Life, Fredion! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jina_Amini accesed on 27 January 2026).

Species: leedsi (WOODWARD, 1896) EBERT, 2026
Etymology:
= Mesturus leedsi WOODWARD, 1896

Holotype: NHMUK PV (old BMNH) P8385

Locality: Near Peterbourgh, Cambridgeshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lower Oxford Clay.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Callovian Stage, Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: Dentary tooth plate.

Referred material:

Leeds collection, n. 1: Greater portion of head and squamation of abdominal region, with remains paired fins.

Leeds collection, n. 2: Hinder portion of head, with frgments of squamation and caudal fin, and detached mandible.

Leeds collection, n. 23: Imperfect head, with jaws and remains of anterior squamation.

Leeds collection, n. 24: Remains of head and pectoral arch, several elements being attached.

NHMUK PV (old BMNH) P. 6834: Several isolated bones of one skull, comprising the parasphenoid, supposed basisphenoid, right postfrontal, right and left squamosal, portion of right frontal, right and left operculum, and other fragments.

POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002

NHMUK PV (old BMNH) 8382, 8383: Remains of skulls.

NHMUK PV (old BMNH) 8384: Head with dention plus scales.

NHMUK PV (old BMNH) 8385: Skull with dentition.

NUSALL, 1999

NHMUK PV (old BMNH) P8382, -8385: Nearly complete specimens.

 

EBERT, 2026

Locality: Whittlesea, near Peterbourgh, Cambridgeshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lower Oxford Clay.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Callovian Stage, Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

CAMSM J27370, 27372, 27374, 27375, GPIT-PV 118313: Fragmentary specimens.

 

= “Mesturus (?)” WENZ, 1968

Locality: Villers, Normandy, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Oxfordian Stage, Early Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Part of a cranium.