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Ozymandias gilberti

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Ozymandias gilberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Ozymandias
Jordan, 1919
Species:
O. gilberti
Binomial name
Ozymandias gilberti
Jordan, 1907

Ozymandias gilberti is a species of extinct ray-finned fish from the Miocene which was described by David Starr Jordan in 1907 from a single specimen, comprising the skull and some vertebrae, discovered from San Pedro, California. It is thought to be a species of large mackerel or tuna in the family Scombridae. Jordan initially assigned another fossil to this species but changed his mind and assigned the second fossil to the living Cottoid genus Ophiodon, the lingcod, as Ophiodon ozymandias.[1] The specific name honours the discoverer of the fossil Dr James Z. Gilbert.[2]

The genus name Ozymandias is a reference to the famous poem of the same name by Percy Shelley, comparing the fragmented type specimen of O. gilberti to the similarly fragmented but giant statue of the eponymous pharaoh from the poem.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b David Starr Jordan (1921). "The fish fauna of the California Tertiary". Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences. 1 (4): 234–299.
  2. ^ David Starr Jordan; James Zaccheus Gilbert (1919). Fossil Fishes of Southern California. Stanford University. p. 43-44.