Dinosaur Park Formation - Fish

Fish

Chondrichthyans (Neuman and Brinkman, 2005)

  • Hybodus (a shark)
  • Myledaphus (a ray)
  • indeterminate orectolobid

Acipenseriformes (sturgeons) (Neuman and Brinkman, 2005)

  • unnamed sturgeon
  • unnamed paddlefish

Holostean fish (Neuman and Brinkman, 2005)

  • Belonostomus
  • Lepisosteus (the gar)
  • unnamed bowfin
  • at least 2 other holosteans

Teleost fish (Neuman and Brinkman, 2005)

  • Patatarpon (an elopomorph, like the tarpon)
  • Cretophareodus (an osteoglossomorph)
  • Coriops
  • Estesesox
  • Oldmanesox
  • Paralbula (including Phyllodus)
  • at least 8 other teleosts

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