†family Obaichthyidae Grande 2010 (gar)

Actinopteri - 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. Copeia 2A(Supplement):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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