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Jefitchia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Oligocene

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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 genusofprehistoric drum. Species lived from 48.6–33.9 mya (Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene). Jefitchia have been uncovered in Texas, Louisiana, and Portugal[1][2].

Species[edit]

Jefitchia contains 3 species:

References[edit]

  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.
  • ^ "†Jefitchia claybornensis Koken 1888 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  • ^ "†Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  • ^ 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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