Lebrunichthys Taverne and Capasso 2020 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2020. Osteology and relationships of Lebrunichthys nammourensis gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Crossognathiformes, Pachyrhizodontidae), a fossil fish from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Geo-Eco-Trop 44(1):195-203

Parent taxon: Pachyrhizodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2020

Sister taxa: Cavinichthys, Conosaurus, Elopopsis, Goulmimichthys, Oricardinus, Pachyrhizodus, Polcynichthys, Stanhopeichthys

Subtaxa: Lebrunichthys nammourensis

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Type: Lebrunichthys nammourensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at En Nammoura (Capasso CLC collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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