†Beckerophotus gracilis Danilt'chenko 1962 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Neoscopelidae
Alternative combination: Eomyctophum gracile
Full reference: P. G. Danilt'chenko. 1962. Fishes from the Dabakhanian Formation of Georgia. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal 1:111-126
Belongs to Beckerophotus according to A. M. Prokofiev 2006
See also Danilt'chenko 1962 and Prokofiev 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dabakhana Gorge, Tbilisi, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Dabakhana Svita Formation of Georgia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dabakhana Gorge, Tbilisi
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