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Lepisosteus indicus

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Taxonomy
Belonostomus indicus was named by Lydekker (1890). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lepisosteus indicus by Grande (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. cunneatus, L. fittonii, L. platyrhincus, L. platystomus, L. strausi, L. suessionenis, L. suessionensis, L. suessionensis, L. turanensis, L. oculatus
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-08-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Belonostomus indicus Lydekker p. 24
2010Lepisosteus indicus Grande

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyLepisosteidaeCuvier 1825
genusLepisosteus
speciesindicus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lepisosteus indicus Lydekker 1890
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Grande 2010long snouted species of Lepisosteus that differs from all other species in the genus in having extremely weak to nearly absent ornamentation on the dermal bones of the skull. The extreme elongation of many of the head bones (mandible, ectopterygoid, frontal) is exceeded only by L. osseus.