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Genus: | Maraldichthys
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Species: | M. verticalis
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Maraldichthys verticalis Taverne & Capasso, 2014
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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
[edit]- ^ 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" [Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), an extraordinary fish family of Upper Cretaceous marine of Lebanon, with the description of a new genus.]. Palaeontos (in French). 25: 44–68.