Bolbocara
Extinct genus of fishes
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Bolbocara is an extinct genus of rattail that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It contains a single species, B. gyrinus.[1][2][3] It may be related to the extant genus Bathygadus.[4]
| Bolbocara Temporal range: | |
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| Type specimen of B. gyrinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Bathygadidae |
| Genus: | †Bolbocara Jordan, 1927 |
| Species: | †B. gyrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bolbocara gyrinus Jordan, 1927 | |
It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc.[2]
