†Thyrsion velox Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae
Alternative combination: Thyrsocles velox
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 Thyrsion according to D. S. Jordan 1925
See also Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Sister taxa: Thyrsocles escharion, Thyrsocles kriegeri
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 153, a partial 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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