†Rhythmias starrii Jordan and Gilbert 1920 (perch-like fish)
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Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
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 Rhythmias according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920
See also David 1943 and Jordan 1925
Sister taxon: Rhythmias gaviotae
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 175, 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: found only at Lompoc Quarry
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