†Gila traini Lugaski 1979 (carp-like fish)
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Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Full reference: T. Lugaski. 1979. Gila traini, a new pliocene Cyprinid fish from Jersey Valley, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 53(5):1160-1164
Belongs to Gila according to T. Lugaski 1979
Sister taxa: Gila coerulea, Gila esmeralda, Gila milleri
Type specimen: BSN 27-4, a skeleton. Its type locality is Jersey Valley, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial mudstone in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Jersey Valley
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