Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Alternative combination: Oniichthys falipoui

Full reference: L. Cavin and P. M. Brito. 2001. A new Lepisosteidae (Actinopterygii: Ginglymodi) from the Cretaceous of the Kem Kem beds, southern Morocco. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172(5):661-670

Belongs to Atractosteus according to L. Grande 2010

See also Cavin and Brito 2001

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

Type specimen: MDE F13, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Oniichthys falipoui-type locality [PROXY], which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oniichthys falipoui-type locality [PROXY]

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