Praegaleagra pupensis David 1946 (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Chilodipteridae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1946. Some typical Upper Eocene fish scales from California. Contributions to Paleontology, Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 551:47-112

Belongs to Praegaleagra according to L. R. David 1946

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIT 10332. Its type locality is Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 2, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 2

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