Paramorone David 1946 (temperate bass)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Moronidae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1946. Some typical Upper Eocene fish scales from California. Contributions to Paleontology, Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 551:47-112

Parent taxon: Moronidae according to L. R. David 1946

Sister taxa: Beaumontoperca, Dicentrarchus, Morone

Subtaxa: Paramorone eocenica

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Jergins Oil Company, Chaney Ranch No. 1 (3543-3864 feet) (Eocene to Eocene of California)

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