Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Synonym: Imogaster Costa 1857
Full reference: J. J. Heckel. 1849. Die fossilen Fische des Libanon. Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderen Rücksicht auf die Naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder, Unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841. Band II, Tome III 336-346
Parent taxon: Polymixiidae according to C. Patterson 1993
See also Patterson 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Berycopsia, Dalmatichthys, Homonotichthys, Parapolymixia, Polymixia
Subtaxa: Pycnosterinx discoides Pycnosterinx dorsalis Pycnosterinx dubius Pycnosterinx elongatus Pycnosterinx gracilis Pycnosterinx latus Pycnosterinx niger Pycnosterinx russeggerii
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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