Biology:Atractosteus africanus
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Short description: Extinct species of fish
| Atractosteus africanus Temporal range: Middle to late Cretaceous
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| Fossil jaw of Atractosteus africanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Atractosteus |
| Species: | A. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Atractosteus africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943[1]
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Atractosteus africanus is a potentially dubious species of gar from the Cretaceous period of Niger and France . The species possibly lived until the end of the Cretaceous, during the Maastrichtian.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Lepisosteiformes Hay, 1929". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonsubtaxa/id15474/.
- ↑ "Ventabren (Cretaceous of France)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=61620&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Valentin, Xavier; Martin, M. (January 1996). "Occurence [sic] of Atractosteus africanus (actinopterygii, lepisosteidae) in the early campanian of ventabren (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Paleobiogeographical implications". Revue de Paléobiologie 15 (1): 1–7. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285702684.
- ↑ "Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Atractosteus (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteidae) remains from 2 Hungary (Iharkút, Bakony Mountains)". http://real.mtak.hu/33498/1/Szabo_et_al_2015_rev_with_corrections_u.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q65091117 entry
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