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Masillosteus janeae GRANDE, 2010
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Taxonomy
Garfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Lepisosteiformes Hay 1929
Family: Lepisosteidae Cuvier 1825
Genus: Masillosteus
Species: Masillosteus janeae
Author Citation GRANDE, 2010
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Ypresian
Stratigraphy
Green River Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 42 cm
Location
Kemmerer
Wyoming
United States
Comments
Characteristic for Massilosteus is the - for a Lepisosteiformes - extremely short snout.
References:
Grande, L., Kammerer, Ch. & Westneat, M. (2006) Comparative and Developmental Functional Morphology of the Jaws of Living and Fossil Gars. Journal of Morphology, Vol 267, Issue 9, 1017-1031.
Grande, L. (2010) An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (Lepisosteiformes) and closely related Species, based mostly on Skeletal Anatomy. The Resurrection of Holostei. Copeia, 2010, No 2A, 1-863.
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