Name: Exocoetoides minor
Class Actinopterygii; Order Aulopiformes; Family Chirothricidae
Geological Time: Middle Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (95 million years ago)
Size: 28 mm across pectoral fins, 47 mm in length on a 75 mm by 70 mm matrix
Fossil Site: Lebanese Lagerstätte, Haqel, Lebanon
 This
is an unusual, rare specimen of a flying fish fossil; note its dramatically
elongated pectoral fins. The genus name is derived from its resemblance
to Exocoetes, a modern-day flying fish. |
