Subfamily Lepisosteinae Cuvier 1825 (gar)
Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to J. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2016
See also Grande 2010
Sister taxa: Atractosteus, Britosteus, Clastes aganus, Clastes cycliferus, Cuneatus, Lepidosteus, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus cominatoi, Masillosteinae, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Paralepidosteus africanus
Subtaxa: Cuneatini Lepisosteini
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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