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Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
Binomial name | |
†Bolbocara gyrinus Jordan, 1927 | |
It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc.[2]
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