Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Alternative combinations: Decapterus (Lompochites) hopkinsi, Lompochites hopkinsi

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

See also David 1943 and Jordan and Gilbert 1920

Sister taxa: Caranx (Decapterus) prorusselli, Decapterus agilis

Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 101 (a shadowy impression of a large fish, complete but very faint, ten inches long to base of caudal). 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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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.