Dinopteryx spinosus Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes - Dinopterygidae

Alternative combination: Hoplopteryx spinosus

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 Dinopteryx according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Davis 1887

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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