Leptosomus macrourus Pictet and Humbert 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115

Belongs to Leptosomus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Davis 1887 and Pictet and Humbert 1866

Sister taxa: Sardinioides attenuatus, Sardinioides crassicaudus, Sardinioides illustrans, Sardinioides macrophthalmus, Sardinioides minimus, Sardinioides monasterii, Sardinioides pusillus, Leptosomus guestphalicus, Leptosomus crassicostatus, Leptosomus elongatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Humbert collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Humbert collection)

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