Bolbocara is an extinct genus of rattail that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It contains a single species, B. gyrinus.[1][2][3] It may be related to the extant genus Bathygadus.[4]
Bolbocara Temporal range:
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Type specimen of B. gyrinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Subfamily: | Bathygadinae |
Genus: | †Bolbocara Jordan, 1927 |
Species: | †B. gyrinus
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Binomial name | |
†Bolbocara gyrinus Jordan, 1927
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It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc.[2]
See also
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- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ David, Lore Rose (1956). "Tertiary Anacanthin Fishes from California and the Pacific Northwest; Their Paleoecological Significance". Journal of Paleontology. 30 (3): 568–607. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ "Bathygadinae, Macrouridae". mayatan.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.