Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1920. Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series
Parent taxon: Scombridae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also David 1943, Jordan 1925, Jordan and Gilbert 1920 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias
Subtaxa: Ocystias sagitta
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry (Miocene of California)
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