Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Alternative combinations: Lepidosteus simplex, Lepisosteus simplex

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Notice of remains of fishes in the Bridger Tertiary formation of Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25:97-99

Belongs to Atractosteus according to L. Grande 2010

See also Cockerell 1909, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873 and Leidy 1873

Sister taxa: Atractosteus atrox, Atractosteus falipoui, Atractosteus messelensis, Atractosteus spatula

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Northwest of Tucker (Eocene to Eocene of Utah)

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