Ioscion
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| Ioscion Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | †Ioscionidae |
| Genus: | †Ioscion David, 1943 |
| Species: | †I. morgani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ioscion morgani Jordan, 1921 | |
Ioscion morgani is an extinct prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of what is now Southern California.[1] It is primarily known from incomplete fossils, such as the holotype, which consists of a broken backbone. Although the head is unknown, enough of the animal's anatomy suggests a relationship with the jackfishes of Carangidae.[2]
