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Osteology and relationships of Prognathoglossum kalassyi gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes, Pantodontidae) from the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of En Nammoura (Lebanon)
Taverne, L.; Capasso, L. (2012). Osteology and relationships of Prognathoglossum kalassyi gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes, Pantodontidae) from the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of En Nammoura (Lebanon). Cybium 36(4): 563-574
In: Cybium. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris. ISSN 0399-0974; e-ISSN 2101-0315, more
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Keywords
    Osteoglossiformes [WoRMS]; Pantodontidae Peters, 1876 [WoRMS]; Prognathoglossum kalassyi; Teleostei [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Teleostei; Osteoglossiformes; Pantodontidae; Prognathoglossum kalassyigen. and sp nov.; Osteology; Phylogenetic relationships; MarineCenomanian; En Nammoura; Lebanon
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  • Taverne, L., more
  • Capasso, L.
Abstract
    The osteology of Prognathoglossum kalassyi, an osteoglossiform teleostean fish from the marine Cenomanian of En Nammoura in Lebanon, is described in details. This fish exhibits an important prognathism. The frontal is broad and short. The temporal fossa is located very laterally on the braincase. There is a small postfrontal behind the frontal. The parietal forms the dorsal border of the temporal fossa. The saccular-lagenar bulla is hypertrophied. This series of specialized characters is shared by the Recent osteoglossoid Pantodon and leads to range this Lebanese fossil genus within the family Pantodontidae.
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