†family Obaichthyidae Grande 2010 (gar)

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Obaichthyidae

Full reference: L. Grande. 2010. An empirical synthetic pattern study of gars (Lepisosteiformes) and closely related species, based mostly on skeletal anatomy. The resurrection of Holostei. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication 6. Copeia 10(2A):i-x, 1-871

Parent taxon: Lepisosteoidea according to A. López-Arbarello 2012

See also Grande 2010 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Lepisosteidae

Subtaxa: Dentilepisosteus Obaichthys

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Type: Obaichthys

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Brazil (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1)

Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences

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