Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Alternative combination: Chirocentrites libanicus
Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115
Belongs to Ichthyodectes according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Cavin et al. 2013, Davis 1887, Forey et al. 2003, Hay 1903 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxa: Ichthyodectes acanthicus, Ichthyodectes anaides, Ichthyodectes arcuatus, Ichthyodectes cruentus, Ichthyodectes ctenodon, Ichthyodectes elegans, Ichthyodectes goodeanus, Ichthyodectes hamatus, Ichthyodectes minor, Ichthyodectes multidentatus, Ichthyodectes parvus, Ichthyodectes perniciosus, Ichthyodectes prognathus, Ichthyodectes tenuidens
Type specimen: MHNG GEPI V628, a partial skeleton
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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