Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae
Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634
Belongs to Rhinellus according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Davis 1887
Sister taxa: Ichthyotringa africana, Ichthyotringa delicata, Ichthyotringa furcata, Ichthyotringa pindica, Ichthyotringa tenuirostris, Rhinellus curtirostris, Rhinellus robustus, Rhinellus nasalis, Rhinellus damoni
Type specimen: BMNH P4851, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)
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