Biology:Priscosturion

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Priscosturion
Temporal range: Campanian
[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Subfamily: Priscosturioninae
Grande and Hilton, 2009
Genus: Priscosturion
Grande and Hilton, 2009
Species:
P. longipinnis
Binomial name
Priscosturion longipinnis
(Grande and Hilton, 2006)
Synonyms
  • Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006

Priscosturion is a genus of sturgeon from the Judith River Formation. It lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous some 77.5 million years ago. Initially called Psammorhynchus, its describers Lance Grande and Eric J. Hilton renamed the animal in 2009. The fish belongs to the subfamily Priscosturioninae within the larger family Acipenseridae.[2] Priscosturion is only known from one species, P. longipinnis.

Description

Priscosturion was around 800 millimetres (31 in) in overall length. Its type specimen is rather complete. It is notable for its rather robust vertebrae.[3]

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