Ophiodon ozymandias Jordan 1921 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1921. The fish fauna of the California Tertiary. Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences 1(4):237-298

Belongs to Ophiodon according to D. S. Jordan 1921

Sister taxon: Ophiodon elongatus

Type specimen: Stanford University #332, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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