Absalomichthys
Sign in to saveAbsalomichthys velifer is an extinct, prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of what is now Southern California in the United States. Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species. It is known from the Modelo Formation of Los Angeles County.
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It sits within the topics Caristiidae, Fossils of California and Fossil taxa described in 1933.
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Absalomichthys velifer is an extinct, prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of what is now Southern California in the United States. Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species. It is known from the Modelo Formation of Los Angeles County.
==See also== Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish
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