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Fundulus cf. zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
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Taxonomy
Plains Killifish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Cyprinodontiformes Bertin 1958
Family: Fundulidae
Genus: Fundulus
Species: Fundulus cf. zebrinus
Author Citation Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
Stratigraphy
Rita Blanca Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 3 cm
Location
Channing
Hartley County
Texas
United States
Comments
Taxonomy from GBIF.org.
The recent Fundulus zebrinus was originally native to the following areas: Mississippi River and Gulf Coast watersheds from northern Missouri to central Wyoming and south to the Colorado River, Brazos River, Galveston Bay, and Rio Grande (mainly Pecos River) watersheds in Texas. Mostly on Great Plains.
References:
Koster W. J. (1969). Fishes of the Rita Blanca Lake deposits, pp. 135-139, pl. 23. In: Paleoecology of an early Pleistocene lake on the high plains of Texas. R. Y. Anderson and D. W. Kirkland (eds.). Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. 113. doi.org/10.1130/MEM113Poss, Stuart G. and Miller, Robert Rush (1983) Taxonomic Status of the Plains Killifish, Fundulus zebrinus. Copeia, Vol. 1983, No. 1 (Feb. 10, 1983), pp. 55-67.
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