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