†Leptotrachelus triqueter Pictet 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Belongs to Leptotrachelus according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Benthesikyme armatus, Benthesikyme gracilis, Benthesikyme rostralis, Benthesikyme serpentina, Triaenaspis virgulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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