Ichthyotringa
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Ichthyotringa damoni from Sahel Alma, Lebanon
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Ichthyotringa

Cope, 1878
Species
  • I. africana
  • I. damoni
  • I. delicata
  • I. ferox
  • I. furcata
  • I. tenuirostris
Fossil

Ichthyotringa is an extinct genus of alepisauriform fish from Cretaceous-aged marine strata of Lebanon, Africa, Italy, and North America. Ichthyotringa are characterized by a slender, highly elongated beak that accounts for a third of the fish's length.

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