Prognathoglossum Taverne and Capasso 2012 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Pantodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2012. Osteology and relationships of Prognathoglossum kalassyi gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes, Pantodontidae) from the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of En Nammoura (Lebanon). Cybium: International Journal of Ichthyology 36(4):563-574

Parent taxon: Pantodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2012

Sister taxa: Capassopiscis, Palaeopantodon, Pankowskipiscis, Pantodon, Petersichthys

Subtaxa: Prognathoglossum kalassyi

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Type: Prognathoglossum kalassyi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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