Atractosteus africanus, the Glossary
Atractosteus africanus is a potentially dubious species of gar from the Cretaceous period of Niger and France.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Cretaceous, France, Gar, Maastrichtian, Niger.
- Cretaceous Niger
- Fossil taxa described in 1943
- Lepisosteidae
- Prehistoric holostei
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
See Atractosteus africanus and Cretaceous
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
See Atractosteus africanus and France
Gar
Gars are an ancient group of ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. Atractosteus africanus and Gar are Lepisosteidae.
See Atractosteus africanus and Gar
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.
See Atractosteus africanus and Maastrichtian
Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.
See Atractosteus africanus and Niger
See also
Cretaceous Niger
- Aegyptosaurus
- Afromimus
- Angolasaurus
- Araripesuchus
- Atractosteus africanus
- Bahariasaurus
- Dukamaje Formation
- Echkar Formation
- Elrhaz Formation
- Elrhazosaurus
- Eocarcharia
- Farak Formation
- In Beceten Formation
- Ischyrhiza
- Kryptops
- Lurdusaurus
- Madtsoia
- Nigersaurus
- Ouranosaurus
- Rugops
- Suchomimus
- Trematochampsa
Fossil taxa described in 1943
- Aphrosaurus
- Atractosteus africanus
- Batrachosauroides
- Branta rhuax
- Chalcidichthys
- Dinodontosaurus
- Exaeretodon
- Fresnosaurus
- Hydrotherosaurus
- Isodontosaurus
- Mimeosaurus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Rhegminornis
- Rhinotitan
- Styxosaurus
- Telmasaurus
- Thalassomedon
Lepisosteidae
- Alligator gar
- Atractosteus
- Atractosteus africanus
- Atractosteus grandei
- Cuban gar
- Cuneatus
- Florida gar
- Gar
- Grandemarinus
- Herreraichthys
- Lepisosteus
- Longnose gar
- Masillosteus
- Nhanulepisosteus
- Oniichthys
- Shortnose gar
- Spotted gar
- Tropical gar
Prehistoric holostei
- Acentrophorus
- Amia basiloides
- Araripelepidotes
- Archaeolepidotus
- Atractosteus africanus
- Atractosteus grandei
- Cuneatus
- Cyclurus
- Dapediidae
- Grandemarinus
- Kyphosichthys
- Macrosemiiformes
- Masillosteus
- Nhanulepisosteus
- Obaichthyidae
- Oniichthys
- Scheenstia
- Semionotiformes