Birgeria velox Jordan 1907 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae

Alternative combination: Xenesthes velox

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144

Belongs to Birgeria according to E. Stensiƶ 1932

See also Jordan 1907

Sister taxa: Birgeria acuminata, Birgeria aldingeri, Birgeria americana, Birgeria costata, Birgeria groenlandica, Birgeria gronlandica, Birgeria guizhouensis, Birgeria liui, Birgeria mougeoti, Birgeria nielseni, Birgeria stensioei, Severnichthys

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 1005, Grassy Point, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 1005, Grassy Point

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