Ichthyotringa Cope 1878 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae

Synonym: Rhinellus Agassiz 1835 [replaced name]

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits west of the MIssissippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 4:67-77

Parent taxon: Ichthyotringidae according to T. Argyriou et al. 2022

See also Agassiz 1835, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Dietze 2009, Goody 1969, Hay 1902, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxon: Apateodus

Subtaxa: Ichthyotringa africana Ichthyotringa delicata Ichthyotringa furcata Ichthyotringa pindica Ichthyotringa tenuirostris Rhinellus curtirostris Rhinellus damoni Rhinellus ferox Rhinellus nasalis Rhinellus robustus

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Type: Ichthyotringa tenuirostris

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), Greece (2), Italy (2), Lebanon (8)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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