Omosoma pulchellum Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes

Alternative combination: Microdon pulchellus

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

Belongs to Omosoma according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Davis 1887

Sister taxa: Omosoma garretti, Omosoma intermedium, Omosoma monasterii, Omosoma sahelalmae, Omosoma simum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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