Acrorhinichthys poyatoi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Ordo: †Pycnodontiformes
Genus: †Acrorhinichthys

Name

†Acrorhinichthys poyatoi Taverne & Capasso, 2015

• Holotype: CLC S-630a, b, part and counterpart of a complete specimen.
• Paratypes: CLC S-461, a complete specimen, S-1098, a nearly complete specimen.

Type locality: Marine Upper Cenomanian deposits of Haqel and Ein Namoura, Lebanon.

Etymology: The species name of the Lebanese fossil fish is dedicated to the Spanish palaeontologist Francesco Poyato-Ariza, who has greatly improved the authors knowledge of pycnodontiform fishes.

References

• Taverne, L. & Capasso, L., 2015: Osteology and relationships of Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon. PDFReference page.