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

Osteichthyes - 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)

Belongs to Spinascutichthys according to A. M. Murray et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UALVP 61435, a skeleton. Its type locality is En Nammoura (UALVP collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at En Nammoura (UALVP collection)

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