†Pleuronichthys veliger Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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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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