†Petalopteryx syriacus Pictet 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Belongs to Petalopteryx according to A. S. Woodward 1942
See also Davis 1887, Pictet 1850, Pictet and Humbert 1866, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1898
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Boissier collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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