Laytonia californica David 1943 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187

Belongs to Laytonia according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also David 1943 and David 1948

Sister taxon: Laytonia zemorrensis

Type specimen: CIT 10224, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, south entrance, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, south entrance

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