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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.[1] It is distinct from modern gar by its wedge-shaped (cuneate) head and a significantly shortened snout.[1] The genus has three species: C. cuneatus, C. wileyi[1], and C. maximus[2].

Species

  • †Cuneatus cuneatus Cope, 1878 (type species)
  • †Cuneatus maximus Brownstein, 2022[2]
  • †Cuneatus wileyi Grande, 2010[1]
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of Cuneatus maximus
    Phylogeny and biogeography of Cuneatus maximus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.

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