†Evesthes jordani Gilbert 1910 (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Full reference: J. Z. Gilbert. 1910. Evesthes jordani, a primitive flounder from the Miocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(27):405-411
Belongs to Evesthes according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920
See also David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Gilbert 1910 and Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Sister taxon: Evesthes hooveri
Type specimen: UCMP 2460. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry
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