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]

Gallery

Phylogeny and biogeography of Cuneatus maximus

References

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)
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.

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[:0-1] 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)

[:1-2] 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.

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