Flagellipinna rhomboides Cawley and Kriwet 2019 (ray-finned fish)

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

Belongs to Flagellipinna according to J. J. Cawley and J. Kriwet 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.HAK2003,, a skeleton. Its type locality is Haqil (MNHN collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqil (MNHN collection)

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