†Dasceles dassurus Jordan 1925 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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