Pleuronichthys veliger Jordan and Gilbert 1920

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Alternative combination: Zororhombus veliger

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 Pleuronichthys according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Jordan and Gilbert 1920

Sister taxon: Pleuronichthys (Zororhombus)

Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 230, a skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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