Euzaphleges
Euzaphleges longurio is an extinct, superficially mackerel-like fish related to the escolar and snake mackerels. Euzaphleges was found off the coast of what is now California during the late Miocene. It was smaller than the very similar Thyrsocles and longer and more slender than Zaphlegulus, which also lived at the same time. It was much longer than the poorly known Trossulus.[3]
| Euzaphleges Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| E. longurio | |
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| Suborder: | Trichiuriformes |
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| Genus: | Euzaphleges White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 |
| Species: | E. longurio Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1921 |
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| Euzaphleges longurio[1] | |
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Zaphleges longurio[2] | |
See also
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- Danilʹchenko, P. G. 1967 Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus
- David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society p 102
- David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society p 102-114
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