Bolbocara Temporal range:
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Laytonia and B. gyrinus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Subfamily: | Bathygadinae |
Genus: | †
Bolbocara Jordan, 1927 |
Species: | †B. gyrinus
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Binomial name | |
†Bolbocara gyrinus
Jordan, 1927
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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]
It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc. [2]
Bolbocara Temporal range:
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---|---|
| |
Laytonia and B. gyrinus | |
Scientific classification
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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
|
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]
It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc. [2]