Palaeobalistum goedeli

Palaeobalistum goedeli
Temporal range:
Palaeobalistum goedeli from Lebanon. Cretaceous (abt. 95 Ma)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Genus: †Palaeobalistum
Species:
†P. goedeli
Binomial name
†Palaeobalistum goedeli
Heckel 1856
Synonyms
  • Nursallia goedeli (Heckel, 1854) Blot, 1987[1]

Palaeobalistum goedeli is an extinct species of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Cretaceous period.

Fossils of this species have been found in Lebanon in the sediments of the Cenomanian Age (99.6 - 93.5 million years ago).[2]

Description

Palaeobalistum goedeli can reach a length of about 220 millimetres (8.7 in) and a height of about 200 millimetres (7.9 in). Body is laterally compressed with an almost circular outline and a large snout. Teeth are columnar and thick, indicating a durophagous existence, breaking shells and crustaceans.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Dino Hunter
  2. ^ a b Neal Robbins Paleobalistum goedeli
  3. ^ Fossilmall


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