Emmachaere Jordan and Gilbert 1919

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae

Alternative spelling: Epinephelus (Emmachaere)

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 13-60

Parent taxon: Lophiidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also David 1943, Jordan 1925, Jordan and Gilbert 1919 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Caruso, Eosladenia, Lophiodes, Lophiomus, Lophius, Sharfia, Sladenia

Subtaxa: Emmachaere rhomalea

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Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry (Miocene of California)

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