Promacrurus zemorrianus David 1956 (grenadiers)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1956. Tertiary Anacanthin Fishes from California and the Pacific Northwest; Their Paleoecological Significance. Journal of Paleontology 30(30):568-607

Belongs to Promacrurus according to L. R. David 1956

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Promacrurus alferitziensis, Promacrurus alseanus, Promacrurus asymmetricus, Promacrurus mimus, Promacrurus newmani, Promacrurus oregonensis, Promacrurus saucesianus

Type specimen: CIT 10454, an other (scale). Its type locality is Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 1, which is in an Eocene/Eocene basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 1

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