Chalcidichthys malacopterygius David 1943 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Caristiidae

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

Belongs to Chalcidichthys according to L. R. David 1943

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIT 10228, 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: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, south entrance

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