Exocoetoides Lebanese Cretaceous Flying Fish Fossil

Exocoetoides minor

Order Aulopiformes, Family Chirothricidae

Geological Time: Middle Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (95 million years ago)

Size: 55 – 56 mm

Fossil Site: Lebanese Lagerstatt, Haqel, Lebanon


Exocoetoides minorFossil Description: An unusual, rare example of a flying fish fossil death assemblage, as demonstrated by the dramatically-elongated pectoral fins of the primary specimen. The genus name is derived from its resemblance to Exocoetes, a modern-day flying fish. It is well displayed on its Sublithographic limestone matrix in association with a pair of additional specimens, making for a rare multiple.

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