Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Malacanthidae
Full reference: G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey. 2014. Tilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1018-1032
Belongs to Lopholatilus according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2014
Sister taxon: Lopholatilus rayus
Type specimen: USNM 467782, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Stratford Bluffs, Zone 10-11, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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