Pycnosterinx Heckel 1849 (beardfish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 12 occurrences

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