Coelorhynchus libanicus Woodward 1942 (grenadiers)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1942. Some new and little-known Upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 9:537-568

Belongs to Coelorhynchus according to A. S. Woodward 1942

Sister taxa: Coelorhynchus arthaberi, Coelorhynchus australis, Coelorhynchus buanaiutoi, Coelorhynchus burtinii, Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus, Coelorhynchus cretaceus, Coelorhynchus cristasus, Coelorhynchus demonstratus, Coelorhynchus elevatus, Coelorhynchus pretoulai, Coelorhynchus robustus, Coelorhynchus toulai, Coelorhynchus yakujiensis

Type specimen: AUB 108966. Its type locality is Hadjoula (AUB collection), 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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