Rachycentron stremphaencus Godfrey and Carnevale 2021 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Carangiformes - Rachycentridae

Full reference: S. J. Godfrey and G. Carnevale. 2021. A new cobia (Teleostei, Rachycentridae) species from the Miocene St. Marys Formation along Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA. Journal of Paleontology 95(3):630-637

Belongs to Rachycentron according to S. J. Godfrey and G. Carnevale 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMM-V-10,000, a partial skull. Its type locality is Chesapeake Ranch Estates, which is in a Tortonian shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the St. Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Chesapeake Ranch Estates

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