Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Synonym: Imogaster auratus 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
Belongs to Pycnosterinx according to C. Patterson 1964
See also Davis 1887, Heckel 1849 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx discoides, Pycnosterinx dorsalis, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx gracilis, Pycnosterinx latus, Pycnosterinx niger
Type specimens:
- Pycnosterinx russeggerii: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Russegger collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
- Imogaster auratus: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Costa collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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