Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to A. López-Arbarello 2012
See also Cione 1987 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Lepidosteus, Lepisosteinae, Lepisosteus, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Oniichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territory)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Arkansas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), France (2), Romania (1), Spain (3), United States (5: Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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