Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Notice of fossil vertebrata from the Miocene of Virginia. American Journal of Science and Arts 5(25-30):311-312
Belongs to Acipenser according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Hay 1902 and Leidy 1873
Sister taxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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