†Cheirothrix lewisii Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Teleostei - Cheirotricidae
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 Cheirothrix according to J. D. Davis 1887
Sister taxa: Cheirothrix guestphalicus, Cheirothrix libanicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)
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