Luenchelys minimus Belouze et al. 2003 (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes

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

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