Jefitchia
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| Jefitchia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | †Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| †Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell & Dante, 1965[1] | |
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Jefitchia is an extinct genus of drum. Species lived from 48.6–33.9 mya (Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene). Jefitchia have been uncovered in Texas, Louisiana, and Portugal.
