Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Alternative combinations: Dercetis gracilis, Leptotrachelus gracilis
Synonym: Leptotrachelus longipinnis Cope 1878
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 Benthesikyme according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021
See also Chida et al. 2023, Cope 1878, Davis 1887, Goody 1969, Hay 1902, Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1942
Sister taxa: Benthesikyme armatus, Benthesikyme rostralis, Benthesikyme serpentina, Leptotrachelus triqueter, Triaenaspis virgulatus
Type specimens:
- Benthesikyme gracilis: BMNH 48086, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
- Leptotrachelus longipinnis: Its type locality is Hakel (Cope collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.