Ioscion
| Ioscion Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | †Ioscion Jordan, 1921 |
| Species: | †I. morgani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ioscion morgani Jordan, 1921 | |
Ioscion morgani is an extinct prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of what is now the Tortonian-aged Monterey Formation of Southern California.[2][1] It is primarily known from incomplete fossils, such as the holotype, which consists of a broken backbone. The morphology of the head is unknown.[3]
It was described by David Starr Jordan, who suggested that enough of the animal's anatomy suggests a relationship with the jackfishes of Carangidae.[3] It was moved to its own family, Ioscionidae, by David (1943).[4] However, a 2009 study refuted this placement and found it to be a drumfish based on its anatomy and fin placement.[5]
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- 1 2 David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society p 149-150
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ "A new Early Miocene genus of the family Sciaenidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the eastern Paratethys". Comptes Rendus Palevol (in French). 8 (6): 535–544. 2009. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2009.03.001.
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