Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

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. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication 6. Copeia 10(2A):i-x, 1-871

Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to L. Grande 2010

Sister taxa: Atractosteus, Clastes aganus, Clastes cycliferus, Lepidosteus, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Lepisosteinae, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus cominatoi, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Oniichthys, Paralepidosteus africanus

Subtaxa: Cuneatus cuneatus Cuneatus wileyi

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Type: Clastes cuneatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dairy Fork South (Eocene of Utah)

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