Biology:Atractosteus africanus

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Short description: Extinct species of fish

Atractosteus africanus
Temporal range: Middle to late Cretaceous
Atractosteus africanus.JPG
Fossil jaw of Atractosteus africanus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Lepisosteiformes
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Atractosteus
Species:
A. africanus
Binomial name
Atractosteus africanus
Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q65091117 entry