Biology:Araeosteus
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Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).[1][2]
Etymology
The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.[3]
See also
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ David, Lore Rose (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. p. 38. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/575/chapter/3803357/Miocene-Fishes-of-Southern-California.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences. https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif/occasionalpaper00calif/page/n1/mode/2up?q=Alisea.
- ↑ Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 1920 [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q15709229 entry
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