†Gila esmeralda La Rivers 1966 (carp-like fish)
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Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Full reference: I. La Rivers. 1966. A new cyprinid fish from the Esmeralda (Pliocene) of southeastern Nevada. Biological Society of Nevada, Occasional Papers (11)1-4
Belongs to Gila according to I. La Rivers 1966
Sister taxa: Gila coerulea, Gila milleri, Gila traini
Type specimen: BSN unnumbered, a partial skull. Its type locality is Alum Mine, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial tuff in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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