†Petalopteryx Pictet 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Parent taxon: Ophiopsiellidae according to M. Ebert 2018
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Macrepistius, Ophiopsiella, Placidichthys, Teoichthys
Subtaxa: Petalopteryx syriacus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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