Lompoquia

Lompoquia
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: †Lompoquia
Jordan & Gilbert, 1919

Lompoquia retropes is an extinct genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums.[2] These fishes lived what is now Southern California[3] during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1]

Species

Two species are classified within this genus:[2]

† means extinct

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ a b "†Lompoquia Jordan and Gilbert 1919 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ David, Lore Rose (1943). "Miocene Fishes of Southern California". "Miocene Fishes of Southern California". Geological Society of America Special Papers. Vol. 43. p. 29. doi:10.1130/SPE43-pxiii.
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