Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Apateopholidae

Alternative combinations: Prionolepis laniatus, Rhinellus laniatus

Synonym: Rhinellus longirostris Davis 1887

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Belongs to Apateopholis according to P. L. Forey et al. 2003

See also Davis 1887, Goody 1969 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Apateopholis laniatus: BMNH P4745, a skeleton
• Rhinellus longirostris: Its type locality is Hakel (Lewis collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

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