Chalcidichthys Explained

Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish.[1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard.[2] [3] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.

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Notes and References

  1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
  2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-05-08 . paleobiodb.org.
  3. Book: California Academy of Sciences . Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences . 1890 . San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences . California Academy of Sciences.

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