Sorbinichthys elusivo Bannikov and Bacchia 2000 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Sorbinichthyidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia. 2000. A remarkable clupeomorph fish (Pisces, Teleostei) from a new Upper Cretaceous marine locality in Lebanon. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80:3-11

Belongs to Sorbinichthys according to A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia 2000

See also Forey et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CLC 431, a skeleton. Its type locality is En Nammoura (Capasso CLC collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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