Dasceles dassurus Jordan 1925 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Lampriformes - Lampridae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1925. The fossil fishes of the Miocene of Southern California. Stanford University Publications. University Series 4(1):1-51

Belongs to Dasceles according to D. S. Jordan 1925

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Lampris (Diatomoeca)

Type specimen: SU 703, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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