†Praegaleagra pupensis David 1946 (perch-like fish)
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Actinopteri - Perciformes - Chilodipteridae
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
Belongs to Praegaleagra according to L. R. David 1946
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CIT 10332. Its type locality is Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 2, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Texas Company, Pioneer Unit Plan No. 2
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