"The gar genus Lepisosteus is extraordinarily long-lived with fossils known from as early as the Jurassic and four species still living today. The hard scales of this primitive fish are some of the most common fossils found in Hell Creek. Like the modern species, Hell Creek Lepisosteus inhabit shallow, slow moving waters in the floodplain. Being ambush predators, they seek areas with high abundance of aquatic vegetation which is used for cover".
― Saurian encyclopedia
Lepisosteus is a genus of garfish in the family Lepisosteidae. Garfish have been on Earth for over 100 million years, and it's distribution also spanned Asian and South American territories, but today, the genus Lepisosteus is only known from North America. Four species of Lepisosteus are extant, but a lot more have been found to be extinct. Although garfish were a common sight in North America, in the Late Cretaceous, and that some of those species, have been assigned to Lepisosteus, its unlikely that they would have actually belonged to that genus, as is the case with the species occidentalis.
Young Dakotaraptor close to a lake with a Lepisosteus and two Brachychampsa
In Saurian[]
It is currently in Saurian. It is a common sight in the freshwater environments of Hell Creek. Currently, there is no sexual dimorphism or ontogenic stages for Lepisosteus.
Dakotaraptor gameplay[]
It is edible by the player, as a Dakotaraptor. Lepisosteus are depicted as fairly small fish, being easily killed and caught by the player if it is in reach.
Triceratops gameplay[]
Lepisosteus are harmless creatures for Triceratops. They can be easily killed if one swims over one.
