Cuneatus

Cuneatus; Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Tribe:	†Cuneatini
Genus:	†Cuneatus; Grande, 2010
Type species
	†Lepisosteus cuneatus; Cope, 1878
Species
	†C. cuneatus (Cope, 1878); †C. maximus Brownstein, 2022; †C. wileyi Grande, 2010;

Cuneatus is an extinct genus of gar that inhabited western North America during the early Paleogene. As the genus name suggests, they are distinguishable from modern gar by their cuneate (wedge-shaped) heads, with a significantly shortened snout.^[1] Three species are known: C. cuneatus, C. maximus, and C. wileyi.

^ Grande, Lance (2010). "An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy. the Resurrection of Holostei". Copeia. 2010 (2A): iii–871. ISSN 0045-8511.

[:0-1] Grande, Lance (2010). "An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy. the Resurrection of Holostei". Copeia. 2010 (2A): iii–871. ISSN 0045-8511.

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