Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: Y. Chalifa. 1989. Two new species of longirostrine fishes from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Ein-Yabrud, Israel, with comments on the phylogeny of the Dercetidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):314-328

Belongs to Dercetoides according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021

See also Chalifa 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HUJEY 175, a skeleton. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestine.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries

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