†Pycnosterinx latus Davis 1887 (beardfish)
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Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
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 Pycnosterinx according to J. D. Davis 1887
Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx discoides, Pycnosterinx dorsalis, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx gracilis, Pycnosterinx niger, Pycnosterinx russeggerii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)
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