Pantopholis Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Alternative spelling: Pantophilus

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

Parent taxon: Enchodontidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Calypsoichthys, Enchodus, Eurypholinae, Leptecodon, Palaeolycus, Parenchodus, Rharbichthys, Unicachichthys, Veridagon

Subtaxa: Pantopholis dorsalis

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Type: Pantopholis dorsalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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