Atractosteus africanus

Atractosteus africanus is an extinct species of gar from the Cretaceous period of Niger and France. It lived until the end of the Cretaceous, during the Maastrichtian.

 Description 
It was a large gar. It had a broad snout and long, sharp teeth. The body was torpedo-shaped, like today's gars.

 Related pages 

 List of prehistoric bony fish genera
 Leedsichthys
 Aeoliscoides

 References 

 "Lepisosteiformes Hay, 1929". Biolibz.
 "Ventabren (Cretaceous of France)". PBDB.
 Cavin, Lionel; Valentin, Xavier; Martin, M. (January 1996). "Occurence [sic] of Atractosteus africanus (actinopterygii, lepisosteidae) in the early campanian of ventabren (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Paleobiogeographical implications". Revue de Paléobiologie. 15 (1): 1–7 – via ResearchGate.
 "Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Atractosteus (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteidae) remains from 2 Hungary (Iharkút, Bakony Mountains)" (PDF).

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Cretaceous
Category:Gars
Category:Taxa described in 1943