Protobrama woodwardi Taverne and Gayet 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Protobramidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and M. Gayet. 2004. Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques des Protobramidae (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes) du Cénomanien (Crétacé supérieur) du Liban. Cybium 28:285-314

Belongs to Protobrama according to L. Taverne and M. Gayet 2004

Sister taxon: Protobrama avus

Type specimen: FSL-573084, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hadjoula (FSL collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (FSL collection)

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