Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Synonym: Oniichthys Cavin and Brito 2001
Parent taxon: Lepisosteidae according to A. López-Arbarello 2012
See also Cavin and Brito 2001, Cione 1987, Grande 2010 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Britosteus, Clastes aganus, Clastes cycliferus, Cuneatus, Lepidosteus, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Lepisosteinae, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus cominatoi, Masillosteinae, Masillosteus, Nhanulepisosteus, Paralepidosteus africanus
Subtaxa: Atractosteus atrox Atractosteus falipoui Atractosteus messelensis Atractosteus simplex Atractosteus spatula
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: Florida, Texas collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territory), United States (3: California, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), France (2), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Spain (7), United States (9: Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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