Bolbocara Temporal range: Upper Miocene |
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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.