Gnathoberyx Patterson 1967 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Full reference: C. Patterson. 1967. New Cretaceous berycoid fishes from the Lebanon. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 14(3):67-109

Parent taxon: Trachichthyoidei according to C. Patterson 1993

See also Patterson 1967 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrogaster, Antarctiberyx, Gigantokranion, Hoplopterygiidae, Judeoberyx, Libanoberyx, Lissoberyx, Stichopteryx, Tubantia

Subtaxa: Gnathoberyx stigmosus

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Type: Gnathoberyx stigmosus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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