Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Alternative combinations: Hippoglossus antiquus, Paralichthys (Vorator) antiquus, Vorator antiquus
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1924. Description of Miocene fishes from Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23(2):42-50
Belongs to Paralichthys according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also David 1943, Jordan 1924 and Jordan 1925
Sister taxa: Paralichthys (Vorator), Paralichthys californicus, Paralichthys yamanai
Type specimen: Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 603. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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