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Jefitchia

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

Species

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Jefitchia contains 3 species:

References

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  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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