Extinct genus of fishes

Drimys

Temporal range: Late Miocene

Comparison of D. defensor and Seriola sanctae-barbarae
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Chordata

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Actinopterygii

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Alepisauriformes

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Paralepididae

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Holosteinae

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Drimys

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D. defensor

Binomial name
Drimys defensor

Drimys defensor is an extinct barracudina from Late Miocene-aged marine strata from Southern California. It was closely related to the extinct genus Holosteus.

## References[edit]

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35563&is_real_user=1

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5307669
* Fossilworks: 35563
* GBIF: 3238182
* IRMNG: 1240564

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