Suborder Acipenseriodei Nelson 2016 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes

Parent taxon: Acipenseriformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Acipenseridae, Acipenseristomi, Chondrosteoidei, Eochondrosteus, Errolichthyidae, Polyodontidae, Saurichthidae

Subtaxa: Cylindracanthus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Eocene of Barbados (1), Belgium (5), Italy (1), Mali (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Senegal (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (27: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland , Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (1)

• Tertiary of United States (1: New Jersey)

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

• Cretaceous of France (1), Niger (2), Spain (1), United States (8: Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 68 collections including 75 occurrences

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