Biology:Maraldichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus and species of Pycnodontiform fish

Maraldichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian
Maraldichthys verticalis.jpg
Maraldichthys verticalis
Scientific classification
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Coccodontoidea
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Genus:
Maraldichthys
Species:
M. verticalis
Binomial name
Maraldichthys verticalis
Taverne & Capasso, 2014

Maraldichthys verticalis is a species of pycnodontiform fish of the family Gebrayelichthyidae, the only in the monotypic genus Maraldichthys. It lived during the Cenomanian of Lebanon.[1]

References

  1. Taverne, L.; Capasso, L. (2014). "Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques des Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), une extraordinaire famille de poissons du Crétacé supérieur marin du Liban, avec la description d'un nouveau genre." (in French). Palaeontos 25: 44–68. 

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