Lampris zatima
| Lampris zatima Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Lampridae |
| Genus: | Lampris Retzius, 1799 |
| Species: | †L. zatima (Jordan & Gilbert, 1920) |
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Lampris zatima is the oldest known opah of the genus Lampris, from the Late Miocene of Southern California[1] (the giant opah of the genus Megalampris, of Late Oligocene New Zealand, is older). Its fossil record is rather poor, known primarily from isolated vertebral columns, and a few headless specimens.[2] Alive, it is estimated to have been around 20 to 30 centimeters long.
Mistakenly, it was later re-described as a surfperch, Dascles dassurus.[3]
References
- ↑ David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society
- ↑ David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society
- ↑ Jordan, David Starr, The Fossil Fishes of the Miocene of Southern California
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