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Lompoquia

Lompoquia retropes is an extinct genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums. These fishes lived what is now Southern California during the Upper Miocene subepoch.

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Length
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Source
Lompoquia
Temporal range:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Lompoquia
Jordan & Gilbert, 1919

Lompoquia retropes is an extinct genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums.2 These fishes lived what is now Southern California3 during the Upper Miocene subepoch.1

Species

Two species are classified within this genus:2

  • Lompoquia culveri Jordan 1925
  • Lompoquia retropes Jordan and Gilbert 1919

means extinct

See also

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References

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. "†Lompoquia Jordan and Gilbert 1919 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. David, Lore Rose (1943). "Miocene Fishes of Southern California". "Miocene Fishes of Southern California". Geological Society of America Special Papers. Vol. 43. Geological Society of America. p. 29. doi:10.1130/SPE43-pxiii. ISBN 978-0-8137-2043-2. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)