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Chauliodus eximius

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Chauliodus eximius
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Fossil specimen (LACM 5242), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Chauliodus
Species:
C. eximius
Binomial name
Chauliodus eximius
(Jordan, 1925)
Synonyms

Eostomias eximus Jordan, 1925

Chauliodus eximius, originally described in 1925 as Eostomias eximius, is an extinct species of viperfish in the family Stomiidae, known from marine Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged strata of Southern California. It inhabited deepwater habitats, as with modern viperfish, and is known from the Monterey Formation and Modelo Formation, both of which were originally deposited in an abyssal environment before being brought to the surface by tectonic activity.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  2. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.