Spinascutichthys Murray et al. 2022 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Full reference: A. M. Murray, M. Chida, and R. B. Holmes. 2022. New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(e2101370)

Parent taxon: Enchodontoidei according to A. M. Murray et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Anotopteridae, Chauliodontidae, Eurypholidae, Gonostomidae, Idiacanthidae, Maurolicidae, Serrilepidae, Serrilepis, Stylophthalmidae, Tomognathidae, Yabrudichthys

Subtaxa: Spinascutichthys pankowskiae

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Type: Spinascutichthys pankowskiae

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at En Nammoura (UALVP collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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