†Pogonias multidentatus Cope 1869 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317
Belongs to Pogonias according to A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley 2017
See also Cope 1869, Hay 1902 and Smith 1909
Sister taxa: Pogonias cromis, Pogonias stringeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nomini Cliffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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