Acipenser Linnaeus 1758 (sturgeon)
Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 35128
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Acipenserini according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1996
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore