Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Alternative combination: Prionolepis cataphractus

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115

Belongs to Aspidopleurus according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and H.G. Porras-Múzquiz 2012

See also Davis 1887, Goody 1969 and Pictet and Humbert 1866

Sister taxon: Aspidopleurus kickapoo

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Humbert collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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