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
Type: Acrorhinichthys poyatoi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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