Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
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, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx dorsalis, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx gracilis, Pycnosterinx latus, Pycnosterinx niger, Pycnosterinx russeggerii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Russegger collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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