Acrogaster heckeli Pictet 1850 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Alternative combination: Pycnosterinx heckelii

Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59

Belongs to Acrogaster according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Davis 1887, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866

Sister taxa: Acrogaster anceps, Acrogaster brevicostatus, Acrogaster daviesi, Acrogaster dayi, Acrogaster minutus, Acrogaster parvus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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