Abisaadichthys libanicus Taverne and Gayet 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Protobramidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and M. Gayet. 2004. Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques des Protobramidae (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes) du Cénomanien (Crétacé supérieur) du Liban. Cybium 28:285-314

Belongs to Abisaadichthys according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2020

See also Taverne and Gayet 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FSL-573086, a skeleton. Its type locality is Haqel (Capasso collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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