†Propenser Applegate 1970 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Full reference: S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433
Parent taxon: Acipenseridae according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
See also Applegate 1970
Sister taxa: Acipenser, Acipenserinae, Boreiosturion, Husinae, Priscosturioninae, Propenserinae, Psammorhynchinae, Pseudoscaphirhynchinae, Scaphirhynchinae
Subtaxa: Propenser hewletti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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