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
Sister taxa: Promacrurus alferitziensis, Promacrurus alseanus, Promacrurus asymmetricus, Promacrurus newmani, Promacrurus oregonensis, Promacrurus saucesianus, Promacrurus zemorrianus
Type specimen: CIT 10518, an other (scale). Its type locality is Amerada Petroleum Corp. Beer No. 1, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Amerada Petroleum Corp. Beer No. 1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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