Turio wilburi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 (ray-finned fish)

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

Belongs to Turio according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 49a, a skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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