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Eurypholis boissieri

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Eurypholis boissieri (or viper fish)
Superclass Osteichthyes, Class Actinopterygii, Order Alepisauriformes
Geological Time: Middle Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (95 million years old)
Fossil Site: Lebanese Lagerstatte, Hajoula , Lebanon
Size: 168 mm long

This viper fish fossil has two smaller fishes it has eaten, one tail first.

Eurypholis boissieri Fish Fossil


Eurypholis boissieri Fish Fossil

Eurypholis Lebanese Fish Fossil