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Bolbocara

Bolbocara
Temporal range: Upper Miocene
Bolbocara Laytonia.JPG
Laytonia and B. gyrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Bathygadinae
Genus: Bolbocara
Species: B. gyrinus
Binomial name
Bolbocara gyrinus
Jordan, 1927

Bolbocara gyrinus is an extinct rattail that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It may be related to the extant genus Bathygadus.



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