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]
lophar, miocaenus, extinct, bony, fish, almost, identical, form, living, bluefish, pomatomus, saltatrix, differing, dentition, which, consisted, thick, conical, subequal, teeth, instead, sharp, slender, teeth, canines, seen, bluefish, miocaenus, lived, during,. 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 LopharTemporal range Upper Miocene 1 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Artist s reconstruction Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Perciformes Family Pomatomidae Genus Lophar Species L miocaenus Binomial name Lophar miocaenusJordan and GilbertSee also edit nbsp Paleontology portal nbsp Fish portal Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fishReferences 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 nbsp This article about a prehistoric Perciformes fish is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lophar amp oldid 1123558345, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
