Lophar
| Lophar Temporal range: | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pomatomidae |
| Genus: | †Lophar |
| Species: | †L. miocaenus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lophar miocaenus Jordan and Gilbert | |
Lophar miocaenus is an extinct bony fish[2] almost identical in form to the living bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, differing in its dentition, which consisted of "thick, conical subequal teeth" instead of the sharp, slender teeth and canines seen in bluefish. L. miocaenus lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Jordan, David Starr (1920–1921). "The fish fauna of the California Tertiary". Stanford University Series: Biological Sciences. 1: 233.
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