Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 63027
Parent taxon: Acipenseriformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acipenseriodei, Acipenseristomi, Chondrosteoidei, Errolichthyidae, Polyodontidae, Saurichthidae
Subtaxa: Acipenserinae, Husinae, Priscosturioninae, Propenser, Propenserinae, Psammorhynchinae
Type: Acipenser
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore