†Thyrsocles escharion Jordan and Gilbert 1920 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae
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 Thyrsocles according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920
Sister taxa: Thyrsocles kriegeri, Thyrsion velox
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 280, 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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