Atractosteus

Large gars Temporal range: ~Santonian–Present, 86.3–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Alligator gar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	Atractosteus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species
Esox spatula Lacépède, 1803
Species
See text
Synonyms
Lepisosteus (Atractosteus) Rafinesque 1820 Litholepis Rafinesque 1818

Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.

Species

Related pages

• Atractosteus africanus
• Abadzekhia
• Chibapsetta
• Tubemouth
• Lepisosteus
• Wallace's flying frog
• List of prehistoric bony fish genera

References

1. ↑ Szabó, M.; Gulyás, P.; Ősi, A. (2016). "Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Atractosteus (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteidae) remains from Hungary (Iharkút, Bakony Mountains)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 60: 239–252. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.002.
2. ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.

1. Cavin, Lionel; Martin, Michel; Valentin, Xavier (1996). "Occurrence of Atractosteus africanus (actinopterygii, lepisosteidae) in the early Campanien of Ventabren (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Paleobiogeographical implications". Revue de Paléobiologie. 15 (1): 1–7.