Lompoquia

Lompoquia retropes is an extinct marine drumfish that lived what is now Southern California during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1]

Lompoquia
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes[2]
Family:
Sciaenidae
Subfamily:
Sciaeninae
Genus:
Lompoquia
Species:
L. retropes
Binomial name
Lompoquia retropes
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Perciformes - Paleobiology Database


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