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(Redirected from Araeosteus rothi) Extinct genus of fishes

Araeosteus
Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zaproridae
Genus: †Araeosteus
Jordan & Gilbert, 1920
Species: †A. rothi
Binomial name
†Araeosteus rothi
Jordan & Gilbert, 1920

Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).

Etymology

The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.

See also

References

  1. David, Lore Rose (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. p. 38.
  2. California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
  3. Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 1920
Taxon identifiers
Araeosteus rothi
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