Saurorhamphus Explained

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. Web site: 2009 . Fossil Fishes from Chiapas: CALVARADO-ORTEGA, OVALLES-DAMIAN, & BLANCO-PINON . 2023-12-02 . palaeo-electronica.org.
  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 . 10.1080/02724634.1985.10011857 . 4523045 . 0272-4634.

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