†Masillosteus Micklich and Klappert 2001 (gar)
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Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to A. López-Arbarello 2012
See also Grande 2010
Sister taxa: Atractosteus, Clastes aganus, Clastes cycliferus, Cuneatus, Lepidosteus, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Lepisosteinae, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus cominatoi, Nhanulepisosteus, Oniichthys, Paralepidosteus africanus
Subtaxa: Masillosteus janeae Masillosteus kelleri
Type: Masillosteus kelleri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at 18-inch-layer, F1-locality (Eocene of Wyoming)
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