†Coccodus armatus Pictet 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Belongs to Coccodus according to A. S. Woodward 1898
See also Davis 1887, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxon: Coccodus insignis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Boissier collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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