Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1920. Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series
Belongs to Plectrites according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also David 1943, Jordan 1925 and Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 313, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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