Saurorhamphus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | †Eurypholidae |
Genus: | †Saurorhamphus Heckel, 1850 |
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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]