Bony Fishes
| Bony fishes reported from the Hell Creek Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Acipenser |
A. eruciferus |
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A sturgeon |
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Amia |
A. fragosa |
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small amiid fish (ubiquitous). Closely related to the modern Bowfin |
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Belonostomus |
B. longirostris |
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A long-snouted slender fish (affinity= ?Aspidorhynchidae). Rare |
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Coriops |
C. amnicolus |
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Lepisosteus |
L. occidentalis |
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garfish ("gar pike") (extremely common) |
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Palaeolabrus |
P. montanensis |
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Paleopsephurus |
P. wilsoni |
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A paddlefish |
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Platacodon |
P. nanus |
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small teleost fish |
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Protamia |
Indeterminate |
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Protoscaphirhynchus |
P. squamosus |
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a sturgeon |
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