Jefitchia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: †Jefitchia
Frizzell & Dante, 1965
Type species
†Jefitchia copelandi
Frizzell & Dante, 1965[1]
Species

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Jefitchia is an extinct genus of prehistoric drum. Species lived from 48.6–33.9 mya (Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene). Jefitchia have been uncovered in Texas, Louisiana, and Portugal.

Species

Jefitchia contains 3 species:

  • †Jefitchia claybornensis Frizzell & Dante, 1965[2]
  • †Jefitchia copelandi (Koken, 1888)[3]
  • †Jefitchia spinosa Jonet, 1979[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jun A. Ebersole; David J. Cicimurri & Gary L. Stringer (2019). "Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths". European Journal of Taxonomy. 585: 1–274. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585.
  2. ↑ "†Jefitchia claybornensis Koken 1888 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "†Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Mateus, Octávio; Estraviz López, Darío; Mateus, Simao (2022). "Type specimens alone have a strong correlation with taxa record by geological epoch: the case study of the fossil vertebrates named from Portuguese types". Comunicações Geológicas. 109: 57–64. doi:10.34637/z1t1-j459.


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