Araeosteus
Araeosteus rothi is an extinct bony fish closely related to the modern-day prowfish, Zaprora silenus. A. rothi is found in Late Miocene marine strata of Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc and the Santa Monica Mountains.[1]
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| Family: | Zaproridae |
| Genus: | Araeosteus |
| Species: | A. rothi |
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| Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert, 1920 | |
Etymology
The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.[2]
See also
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- David, Lore Rose (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. p. 38.
- Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 1920
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