Saurorhamphus giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia. 2005. New species of the Cenomanian Eurypterygii (Pisces, Teleostei) from Lebanon. Paleontological Journal 39:514-522

Belongs to Saurorhamphus according to A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia 2005

Sister taxa: Saurorhamphus freyeri, Saurorhamphus judeaensis

Type specimen: MCSNM V765, a skeleton. Its type locality is En Nammoura (MCSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at En Nammoura (MCSNM collection)

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