Leptacantholepidus rotundus David 1956 (grenadiers)

Osteichthyes - 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 Leptacantholepidus according to L. R. David 1956

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Leptacantholepidus delmontianus

Type specimen: CIT 10492, an other (scale). Its type locality is Ohio Oil Co. well Bear State No. 23, which is in a Miocene deep-water horizon in California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ohio Oil Co. well Bear State No. 23

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