†Salmo esmeralda La Rivers 1966 (salmon)
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Osteichthyes - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Full reference: I. La Rivers. 1966. A new trout from the Esmeralda (Pliocene) of southeastern Nevada. Biological Society of Nevada, Occasional Papers (11)4-5
Belongs to Salmo according to I. La Rivers 1966
Sister taxa: Salmo cyniclope, Salmo muelleri
Type specimen: BSN unnumbered, a mandible. Its type locality is Alum Mine, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial tuff in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Alum Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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