Ichthyotringa tenuirostris Cope 1878 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits west of the MIssissippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 4:67-77

Belongs to Ichthyotringa according to E. D. Cope 1878

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Ichthyotringa africana, Ichthyotringa delicata, Ichthyotringa furcata, Ichthyotringa pindica, Rhinellus curtirostris, Rhinellus damoni, Rhinellus robustus, Rhinellus ferox, Rhinellus nasalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Cope collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hakel (Cope collection)

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