Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Alternative combinations: Rixator porteousi, Sebastes porteousi
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 Sebastodes (Rixator) according to L. R. David 1943
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1925 and Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 300, a 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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