Libotonius pearsoni Wilson 1979 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Full reference: W.V.H. Wilson. 1979. A Second Species of Libotonius (Pisces: Percopsidae) from the Eocene of Washington State. Copeia 3:400-405

Belongs to Libotonius according to W.V.H. Wilson 1979

Sister taxon: Libotonius blakeburnensis

Type specimen: UA 13466, a skeleton. Its type locality is Torado Creek site 2, which is in a Lutetian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Torado Creek site 2

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