Ganolytes aratus Jordan 1924

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Alternative combination: Diradias aratus

Synonym: Diradias fenestralis Jordan 1925

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1924. Description of Miocene fishes from Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23(2):42-50

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

See also David 1943, Jordan 1924 and Jordan 1925

Sister taxa: Ganolytes aphrasta, Ganolytes cameo, Ganolytes clepsydra

Type specimens:

  • Ganolytes aratus: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 600, a skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
  • Diradias fenestralis: 759.

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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