Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert 1919 (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

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

Belongs to Lygisma according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920

See also David 1943 and Jordan and Gilbert 1919

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is El Modena, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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