Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
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 Hoplopteryx according to J. D. Davis 1887
Sister taxa: Hoplopteryx antiquus, Hoplopteryx dakotaensis, Hoplopteryx gephyrognathus, Hoplopteryx gibbus, Hoplopteryx insculptus, Hoplopteryx lewesiensis, Hoplopteryx lewisi, Hoplopteryx macracanthus, Hoplopteryx simus, Hoplopteryx spinulosus, Hoplopteryx stachei, Hoplopteryx syriacus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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