Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 (sturgeon)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(2):25-81

Belongs to Acipenser according to L. M. Lambe 1902

See also Hilton and Grande 2022

Sister taxa: Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (23: Alberta), United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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