Masillosteus janeae Grande 2010 (gar)

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 Masillosteus according to L. Grande 2010

Sister taxon: Masillosteus kelleri

Type specimen: FMNH PF15196, a skeleton. Its type locality is 18-inch-layer, F1-locality, which is in a Lostcabinian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 18-inch-layer, F1-locality

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