†Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997 (sturgeon)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1997. Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia] 1-218
Belongs to Acipenser according to L. A. Nessov 1997
Sister taxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Type specimen: CCMGE 6/1986
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rasstrigin 1 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
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