Oncorhynchus Suckley 1860 (Pacific salmon)

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Parent taxon: Salmonidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Jordan 1907 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Helgolandichthys, Hucho, Leptichthys, Osmerus, Rhabdofario, Salmonidarum, Salmoninae, Salvelinus

Subtaxa: Oncorhynchus lacustris Oncorhynchus rastrosus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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