''Atractosteus'' is a genus of
gars in the family
Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the
Campanian in the
Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
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Atractosteus africanus
''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
The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geol ...
''
(Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943)
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Atractosteus grandei
''Atractosteus grandei'' is an extinct species of gar in the family Lepisosteidae. Remains have been found in Lower Paleogene sediments from North Dakota. ''A. grandei'' belonged to the genus ''Atractosteus'' which includes modern day species of ...
''
(Brownstein & Lyson, 2022)
* †''
Atractosteus cuneatus
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
* †'' Atractosteus africanus'' (Arambourg & ...
''
(Cope 1884) non (Cope 1878)
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Atractosteus emmonsi
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
* †'' Atractosteus africanus'' (Arambourg & ...
''
Hay 1929
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Atractosteus falipoui
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
* †'' Atractosteus africanus'' (Arambourg & ...
''
(Cavin & Brito 2001)
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Atractosteus lapidosus
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Pe ...
''
Hay 1919
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Atractosteus messelensis
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
* †'' Atractosteus africanus'' (Arambourg ...
''
Grande 2010
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Atractosteus occidentalis''
(Leidy 1856) non Wiley 1976
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Atractosteus simplex
''Atractosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.
Systematics
Species
Extant species
Fossils
* †'' Atractosteus africanus'' (Arambourg & ...
''
(Leidy 1873)
References
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Lepisosteidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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