Ichthyotringa
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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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.
| Ichthyotringa Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Ichthyotringa damoni from Sahel Alma, Lebanon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepisauriformes |
| Genus: | †Ichthyotringa Cope, 1878 |
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