Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: J. J. Cawley and J. Kriwet. 2019. A new genus and species of pycnodontid fish Flagellipinna rhomboides, gen. et sp. nov. (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes), from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon, with notes on juvenile form and ecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2):1-16

Parent taxon: Pycnodontidae according to J. J. Cawley and J. Kriwet 2019

Sister taxa: Abdobalistum, Acrotemnus, Agoultpycnodus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Brauccipycnodus, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Costapycnodus, Gregoriopycnodus, Hadrodus, Haqelpycnodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Neoproscinetes, Njoerdichthys, Nonaphalagodus, Nursalliinae, Omphalodus, Polypsephis, Proscincetes, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Pycnomicrodon, Rhinopycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Typodus, Xenopholis

Subtaxa: Flagellipinna rhomboides

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Type: Flagellipinna rhomboides

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqil (MNHN collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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