''Ichthyotringa'' is an extinct genus of
alepisauriform fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
from
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...
-aged marine strata of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, Africa, Italy, and North America. ''Ichthyotringa'' are characterized by a slender, highly elongated beak that accounts for a third of the fish's length.
References
Alepisauriformes
Prehistoric aulopiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
{{Alepisauriformes-stub