Eubiodectes
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| Eubiodectes Temporal range:
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| Fossil of E. libanicus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
| Family: | †Cladocyclidae |
| Genus: | †Eubiodectes Hay, 1903 |
| Species: | †E. libanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eubiodectes libanicus | |
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Eubiodectes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, E. libanicus, known from well-preserved fossils from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon[1][2] It was a member of the Ichthyodectiformes, famously known as "bulldog fishes".[3]

It was originally described as Chirocentrites libanicus, then later moved to Ichthyodectes libanicus. It was moved to its own genus in 1903. Clupea gigantea Heckel, 1849, a species described earlier based on an indeterminate partial specimen, may be synonymous.[4]
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