†Opistopteryx gracilis Pictet 1850
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Alternative combination: Mesogaster gracilis
Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59
Belongs to Opistopteryx according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Davis 1887, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxon: Opistopteryx curtus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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