Macropomoides orientalis Woodward 1942 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1942. Some new and little-known Upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 9:537-568

Belongs to Macropomoides according to Woodward 1942

See also Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hadjoula (AUB collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (AUB collection)

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