Lepisosteus Agassiz 1843 (gar)

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Synonyms: Clastes Cope 1872, Pneumatosteus Cope 1869

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to S. R. May 2019

See also Bjork 1967, Bryant 1989, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Estes 1964, Estes 1976, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1873, López-Arbarello 2012, Maisch et al. 2016, Owen 1859, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946, Sauvage 1898, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1998, Weems 1999, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Atractosteus, Lepidosteus, Lepisosteinae, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Oniichthys

Subtaxa: Clastes lusitanicus Clastes pustulosus Lepisosteus aganus Lepisosteus cuneatus Lepisosteus cycliferus Lepisosteus glaber Lepisosteus integer Lepisosteus knieskerni Lepisosteus nahunticus Lepisosteus occidentalis Lepisosteus osseus Lepisosteus whitneyi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (21: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas)

• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Panama (1), United States (20: Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia)

• Eocene of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), France (2), Germany (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (79: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), India (1), United States (20: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of India (1), United States (1: Arkansas)

• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Canada (70: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (7), Germany (1), India (13), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), Portugal (2), Romania (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (140: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 413 collections including 423 occurrences

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