Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Preserved portion of the individual measures 89 cm. Total length is estimated to have been 120 cm.
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 amnisinferos, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Type specimen: FMNH PF17608, a skeleton (Body fossil specimen with skull, pectoral girdle and fin, and dorsal, lateral, and ventral scute rows of the anterior portion of the body exposed in lateral vie). 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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