Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Full reference: E. J. Hilton and L. Grande. 2022. Late Cretaceous sturgeons (Acipenseridae) from North America, with two new species from the Tanis site in the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota . Journal of Paleontology
Belongs to Acipenser according to E. J. Hilton and L. Grande 2022
Sister taxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Type specimen: FMNH PF17629, a skeleton ( skull, pectoral girdle, anterior scutes (crushed and partially disarticulated) exposed in left lateral view.). Its type locality is Tanis, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tanis
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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