Drimys Temporal range: Late Miocene (Tortonian), | |
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Comparison of D. defensor and Seriola sanctaebarbarae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | Paralepididae |
Genus: | † Drimys Jordan, 1925 |
Species: | †D. defensor |
Binomial name | |
†Drimys defensor Jordan, 1925 | |
Drimys defensor is an extinct species of barracudina [1] from the Late Miocene-aged Monterey Formation of Southern California, USA. It is known from a fossil specimen discovered in Tortonian-aged diatomite deposits near Lompoc. [2] [3] It was closely related to species of the extinct genus Holosteus .
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