†Paralepidosteus Arambourg and Joleaud 1943 (ray-finned fish)
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Full reference: C. Arambourg and L. Joleaud. 1943. Vertébrés fossiles du bassin du Niger [Fossil vertebrates of the Niger basin]. Bulletin de la Service des Mines de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 7:28-85
Parent taxon: Lepidosteidae according to C. Arambourg and L. Joleaud 1943
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atractosteus, Lepidosteus, Lepisosteinae, Lepisosteus, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Oniichthys
Subtaxa: Paralepidosteus africanus
Type: Paralepidosteus africanus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tanout, Damergou (Cretaceous of Niger)
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