Acrorhinichthys Taverne and Capasso 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - 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, Arduafrons, Brembodontidae, Camposichthys, Coccodontoidea, Eomesodon, Grimmenodon, Gyrodontoidei, Gyrodus, Gyronchus, Mesturidae, Paramesturus, Paramicrodon, Phacodus, Polygyrodus, Pycnodontoidei, Tibetodus, Uranoplosus

Subtaxa: Acrorhinichthys poyatoi

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Type: Acrorhinichthys poyatoi

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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