Saurorhamphus
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Saurorhamphus (meaning "lizard with a crooked beak") is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned 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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | †Eurypholidae |
| Genus: | †Saurorhamphus Heckel, 1850 |
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