Gene trees, species-tree analyses and morphology converge on a similar relationship pattern among sampled living gars. The living Lepisosteidae sample does not delimit all fossil Lepisosteiformes or establish an exact order origin. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range0–Present Ma
Content packageactinopterygii
PBDBNot linked
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
topology · medium
Gene trees, species-tree analyses and morphology converge on a similar relationship pattern among sampled living gars. The living Lepisosteidae sample does not delimit all fossil Lepisosteiformes or establish an exact order origin.
claim:taxon:lepisosteiformesfossil-range · low
Living-gar sampling and a calibrated Holostei node do not directly support the former 201.4 Ma–present Lepisosteiformes range; an order-specific occurrence synthesis is required, so the display is withheld.
claim:taxon:lepisosteiformes:range-boundary
Known limits
A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.