Saurorhamphus

Saurorhamphus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: †Eurypholidae
Genus: †
Heckel, 1850
Species
  • S. freyeri Heckel, 1850
  • S. judeaensis Chalifa 1985
  • S. giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005

Saurorhamphus (meaning "lizard with a crooked beak") is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish. Fossils are known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the former Tethyan region (Slovenia, West Bank, Lebanon), but an undescribed specimen is also known from Mexico.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Fossil Fishes from Chiapas: CALVARADO-ORTEGA, OVALLES-DAMIAN, & BLANCO-PINON". palaeo-electronica.org. 2009. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ^ Chalifa, Yael (1985). "Saurorhamphus judeaensis (Salmoniformes: Enchodontidae), a New Longirostrine Fish from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Ein-Yabrud, near Jerusalem". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (3): 181–193. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011857. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523045.


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