Published 1943
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Book Section - Chapter
Part V. The Zaphlegidae: A Family with Scombroid Relationships Restricted to the California Tertiary
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- David, Lore Rose
Abstract
Among the more important Upper Miocene fish from California, and particularly from the diatomaceous deposits at Lompoc, are certain large voracious types. This group is distinguished from all known living forms and has aroused interest among ichthyologists ever since the first specimens were described by Jordan and Gilbert (1919; 1920) as Thyrsocles kriegeri and Zaphleges longurio. These fish were first attributed to the Gempylidae but were later regarded as belonging in part to the Scombridae and in part to a distinct family—the Zaphlegidae—of rather uncertain relationships.
Additional Information
© 1943 Geological Society of America. Acknowledgment is due the friendly co-operation of the staff of the Johns-Manville Company at Lompoc, more particularly Mr. R. K. Rourke and Mr. O. B. Westmont, and Dr. Katherine Beers from the University of Southern California.Additional details
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- 110329
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- Series Name
- Special papers (Geological Society of America)
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 43
- Other Numbering System Name
- Balch Graduate School of the Geological Sciences
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 323