Cuneatus

Cuneatus Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Early Eocene
Holotype of Cuneatus maximus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	†Cuneatus Grande, 2010
Type species
†Lepisosteus cuneatus Cope, 1878

Cuneatus is an extinct genus of gar that lived in western North America during the early Paleogene period. It is distinct from modern gar by its wedge-shaped (cuneate) head and a significantly shortened snout. The genus has three species: C. cuneatus, C. wileyi, and C. maximus.

Species

• †Cuneatus cuneatus Cope, 1878 (type species)
• †Cuneatus maximus Brownstein, 2022
• †Cuneatus wileyi Grande, 2010

Gallery

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  Phylogeny and biogeography of Cuneatus maximus
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References

1. 1 2 3 4 Grande, Lance (2010). "An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (Lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy. The Resurrection of Holostei". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (S73): 1–871. doi:10.1666/a09-034.1. JSTOR 20787269.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
2. 1 2 Brownstein, Chase (2022). "Unappreciated Cenozoic ecomorphological diversification of stem gars revealed by a large new species". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 67 (3): 559–568. doi:10.4202/app.00957.2021.

Other websites

• https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/72/1/213/6946847

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