Pycnosterinx gracilis Davis 1887 (beardfish)

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

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 Pycnosterinx according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Davis 1887

Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx discoides, Pycnosterinx dorsalis, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx latus, Pycnosterinx niger, Pycnosterinx russeggerii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)

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