Ichthyotringa

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes}}

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| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

| image = Ichthyotringa_damoni.jpg

| image_caption = Ichthyotringa damoni from Sahel Alma, Lebanon

| taxon = Ichthyotringa

| authority = Cope, 1878

| subdivision =

  • I. africana
  • I. damoni
  • I. delicata
  • I. ferox
  • I. furcata
  • I. tenuirostris

}}

File:Dans l'ombre des dinosaures - Ichthyotringa - 011.jpg

Ichthyotringa is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned 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.

References

  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35571 Alepisauriformes]

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Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera

Category:Late Cretaceous fish of Asia

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