†Cuneatus wileyi Grande 2010 (gar)
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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
Belongs to Cuneatus according to L. Grande 2010
Sister taxon: Cuneatus cuneatus
Type specimen: FMNH PF15202, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dairy Fork South, which is in an Eocene channel lag sandstone in the Green River Formation of Utah.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dairy Fork South
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