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Lissoberyx
Taxonomy
Lissoberyx was named by Patterson (1967).
It was assigned to Trachichthyidae by Patterson (1967); and to Trachichthyoidei by Patterson (1993).
It was assigned to Trachichthyidae by Patterson (1967); and to Trachichthyoidei by Patterson (1993).
Species
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Patterson 1967 | Small Cretaceous Trachichthyidae with the bones of the head without
ornament except for weak serrations on the edges of the infraorbitals, preopercular, interopercular and subopercular ; skull roof broad and flat, without ornament, crests or mucus cavities ; supraoccipital crest short and high, supratemporal fossa ending above posterior edge of orbit ; post-temporal fossa partially roofed ; toothless maxilla expanded posteriorly, two supramaxillae, ectopterygoid toothed ; opercular covered by scales ; 23 vertebrae including one ural centrum ; dorsal fin with 5 spines, anal with 4, less than 10 soft rays in each ; scales thin and ctenoid, none enlarged, no ventral ridge scales. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | L. dayi (220886 220887) |