†Oncorhynchus salax Smith 1975 (Pacific salmon)
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Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Full reference: G. R. Smith. 1975. Fishes of the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwest Idaho. University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology Papers on Paleontology 14:1-68
Belongs to Oncorhynchus according to G. R. Smith 1975
Sister taxa: Oncorhynchus ketopsis, Oncorhynchus lacustris, Oncorhynchus rastrosus
Type specimen: UMMP 62100, a partial skull (an incomplete skull). Its type locality is Shoofly Creek, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shoofly Creek
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