Thunnus (Alciola) starksi Jordan 1925

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Alternative combinations: Aliciola starksi, Thunnus starksi

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1925. The fossil fishes of the Miocene of Southern California. Stanford University Publications. University Series 4(1):1-51

Belongs to Thunnus (Alciola) according to L. R. David 1943

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SUNHM 120, 120a, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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