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  • Mioplosus labracoides COPE, 1877


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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Perciformes Bleeker 1859
    Family: Latidae Jordan 1888
    Genus: Mioplosus
    Species: Mioplosus labracoides
    Author Citation COPE, 1877

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Paleogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Eocene
    International Age: Ypresian

    Stratigraphy

    Green River Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 42 cm

    Location

    Kemmerer
    Wyoming
    United States

    Comments

    References:

    John A. Whitlock (2010) Phylogenetic relationships of the Eocene percomorph fishes Priscacara and Mioplosus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1037–1048.

    Lance Grande (2013) The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time. Edition: 1  Publisher: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 13: 978-0-226-92296-6.




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