Osteichthyes - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Full reference: T. P. Eiting and G. R. Smith. 2007. Miocene salmon (Oncorhynchus) from Western North America: Gill Raker evolution correlated with plankton productivity in the Eastern Pacific. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249(3-4):412-424
Belongs to Oncorhynchus according to T. P. Eiting and G. R. Smith 2007
Sister taxa: Oncorhynchus lacustris, Oncorhynchus rastrosus, Oncorhynchus salax, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Type specimen: UMMP 97500, a skull (a partial skull of a female (?) salmon, 157 mm long). Its type locality is Coyote Gulch, which is in a Hemphillian fluvial sandstone in the Chalk Hills Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Coyote Gulch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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