Acrorhinichthys Taverne and Capasso 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2015. Osteology and relationships of Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon. European Journal of Taxonomy 116: 1–30 116:1-30

Parent taxon: Pycnodontiformes according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2015

Sister taxa: Akromystax, Arcodonichthys, Coccodontoidea, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyronchus, Ichthyoceras, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Trewavasia, Uranoplosus

Subtaxa: Acrorhinichthys poyatoi

View classification

Type: Acrorhinichthys poyatoi

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.