Atractosteus africanus is a potentially dubious species of gar from the Cretaceous period of Niger and France. The species possibly lived until the end of the Cretaceous, during the Maastrichtian.[2][3][4]
^"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.
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