Rhythmias starrii Jordan and Gilbert 1920 (perch-like fish)

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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