Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Zaproridae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1920. Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series

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

See also David 1943, Jordan 1925 and Jordan and Gilbert 1920

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 315, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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