†Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchell 1814 (sturgeon)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Belongs to Acipenser according to R. W. Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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