Prognathoglossum kalassyi 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

Belongs to Prognathoglossum according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CLC S-483. Its type locality is En Nammoura (Capasso CLC collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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