Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Alternative combination: Benthesikyme triqueter

Synonyms: Dercetis linguifer Pictet 1850, Dercetis tenuis Pictet 1850

Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59

Belongs to Dercetis according to M. Chida et al. 2023

See also Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz 2021, Davis 1887, Goody 1969, Pictet 1850, Pictet and Humbert 1866, Taverne and Goolaerts 2015 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Dercetis elongatus, Dercetis magnificus, Dercetis scutatus

Type specimens:

• Dercetis triqueter: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
• Dercetis linguifer: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
• Dercetis tenuis: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

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