Belonostomus novaki Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Full reference: D. Gorjanović-Kramberger. 1895. Fosilne ribe Komena, Mrzleka, Hvara i M. Libanona uz dodatak o Oligocenskim ribama Tüffera, Zagora i Trifalja. Djela Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti 16:1-67

Belongs to Belonostomus according to D. Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

Sister taxa: Belonostomus aciculiferus, Belonostomus attenuatus, Belonostomus brachysomus, Belonostomus carinatus, Belonostomus cinctus, Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus helgolandicus, Belonostomus kochii, Belonostomus lamarquensis, Belonostomus lesinaensis, Belonostomus longirostris, Belonostomus matteuzi, Belonostomus muensteri, Belonostomus sphyraenoides, Belonostomus subulatus, Belonostomus tenuirostris, Belonostomus ventralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hvar Island (Novak collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hvar Island (Novak collection)

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