Saurorhamphus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: †Eurypholidae
Genus: †Saurorhamphus
Heckel, 1850
Species
  • S. freyeri Heckel, 1850
  • S. judeaensis Chalifa 1985
  • S. giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005

Saurorhamphus (meaning "lizard with a crooked beak") is an extinct genus of prehistoric 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. ↑ "Fossil Fishes from Chiapas: CALVARADO-ORTEGA, OVALLES-DAMIAN, & BLANCO-PINON". palaeo-electronica.org. 2009. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  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. ISSN 0272-4634.
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