Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae
Alternative combination: Acanthophoria libanica
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Belongs to Pagellus according to A. S. Woodward 1898
See also Davis 1887, Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxa: Pagellus acarne, Pagellus albuquerquae, Pagellus caparicaensis, Pagellus concavus, Pagellus coupei, Pagellus gregarius, Pagellus leptosomus, Pagellus leptosteus, Pagellus marbellensis, Pagellus pamunkeyensis, Pagellus stenoura
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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