Araeosteus
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| Genus: | Araeosteus
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| Species: | A. rothi
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| Araeosteus rothi | |
Araeosteus rothi is an extinct species of 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]
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
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 [1]