Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes
Full reference: J. Poyato-Ariza and S. E. K. Wenz. 2005. Akromystax tilmachiton Gen. Et Sp. Nov., a New Pycnodontid Fish from the Lebanese Late Cretaceous of Haqel and En Nammoura. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):27-45
Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to J. Poyato-Ariza and S. E. K. Wenz 2005
Sister taxa: Acrorhinichthys, Arcodonichthys, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Eomesodon, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyrodus, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Uranoplosus
Subtaxa: Akromystax tilmachiton
Type: Akromystax tilmachiton
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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