Boreiosturion labyrinthicus Murray et al. 2023 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Full reference: A. M. Murray, L. E. Nelson, and D. B. Brinkman. 2023. A new sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation in central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Boreiosturion according to A. M. Murray et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UALVP 62007, a partial skeleton (posterior part of the skull, the subopercles, and anterior part of the pectoral girdles). Its type locality is North Saskatchewan River Valley near Capilano Park, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North Saskatchewan River Valley near Capilano Park

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