†Luenchelys minimus Belouze et al. 2003 (eel)
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Full reference: A. Belouze, M. Gayet, and C. Atallah. 2003. Les premiers Anguilliformes : I. Révision des genres cénomaniens Anguillavus Hay, 1903 et Luenchelys nov. gen. Geobios 36:241-273
Belongs to Luenchelys according to P. L. Forey et al. 2003
See also Belouze et al. 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCBL FSL 573021, a skeleton. Its type locality is En Nammoura (FSL collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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