Biology:Lompoquia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Lompoquia
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
Lompoquia retropes.JPG
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification e
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

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6669556 entry