Atractosteus

Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species. The genus first appeared in the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous.

Fossils
Former fossil genera:
 * †Atractosteus africanus (Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943)
 * †Atractosteus atrox (Leidy, 1873)
 * †Atractosteus grandei (Brownstein & Lyson, 2022)
 * †Atractosteus emmonsi Hay 1929
 * †Atractosteus lapidosus Hay 1919
 * †Atractosteus messelensis Grande 2010
 * †Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856) non Wiley 1976
 * †Atractosteus simplex (Leidy 1873)


 * †Atractosteus cuneatus (Cope 1884) non (Cope 1878) (now in Cuneatus)
 * †Atractosteus falipoui (Cavin & Brito 2001) (now in Oniichthys)