Acrognathus dodgei Hay 1903 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1903. On a collection of upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19:395-452

Belongs to Acrognathus according to O. P. Hay 1903

Sister taxa: Acrognathus boops, Acrognathus libanicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hadjoula (Day collection, AMNH), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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