Lompoquia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Lompoquia retropes is an extinct genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums.[2] These fishes lived what is now Southern California[3] during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | †Lompoquia Jordan & Gilbert, 1919 |
Species
Two species are classified within this genus:[2]
- †Lompoquia culveri Jordan 1925
- †Lompoquia retropes Jordan and Gilbert 1919
† means extinct
