Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Alternative combination: Lepidosteus atrox

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 Leidy 1873 and Leidy 1873

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is junction of the Big Sandy and Green river, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at junction of the Big Sandy and Green river

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