Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Alternative combinations: Cyprinus elvensis, Lepidotus elvensis

Synonym: Lepidotus gigas Agassiz 1833

Full reference: H. D. de Blainville. 1818. Poissons fossiles. Nouvelle Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle 27:310-395

Belongs to Lepidotes according to S. Wenz 1967

Sister taxa: Lepidotes gloriae, Lepidotes lennieri, Lepidotes macropterus, Lepidotes microrhis, Lepidotes tanyrhis, Lepidotes toombsi, Lepidotes walcotti, Lepidotes wenzae, Lepidotus affinis, Lepidotus gallineki, Lepidotus haydeni, Lepidotus latifrons, Lepidotus leedsi, Lepidotus macrocheirus, Lepidotus minor, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus semiserratus, Lepidotus subovatus, Lepidotus subundatus, Lepidotus tuberculatus, Lepidotus unguiculatus

Type specimens:

• Lepidotes elvensis: Its type locality is Elbes, Aveyron, which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in France
• Lepidotus gigas:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore