Lompoquia retropes Jordan and Gilbert 1919 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 13-60

Belongs to Lompoquia according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Jordan 1925 and Jordan and Gilbert 1919

Sister taxon: Lompoquia culveri

Type specimen: 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 (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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