Phylactocephalus Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Halecidae

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

Parent taxon: Halecidae according to P. C. Goody 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Halec, Hemisaurida

Subtaxa: Phylactocephalus microlepis

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Type: Phylactocephalus microlepis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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