Leuresthes Jordan and Gilbert 1880 (silverside)

Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinopsidae

Parent taxon: Atherinopsidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Casier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atherinops, Atherinopsis, Zanteclites

Subtaxa: Leuresthes distans Leuresthes tenuis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 59, Lincoln Avenue deposit, Playa del Rey (Quaternary of California)

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