Pankowskichthys Taverne and Capasso 2014 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Gladiopycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2014. On the “Coccodus” lindstroemi species complex (Pycnodontiformes, Gladiopycnodontidae) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of two new genera. European Journal of Taxonomy 101:1-27

Parent taxon: Gladiopycnodontidae according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2014

Sister taxa: Gladiopycnodus, Joinvillichthys, Monocerichthys, Rostropycnodus

Subtaxa: Pankowskichthys libanicus

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Type: Pankowskichthys libanicus

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (IRSNB collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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