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Seriola Sanctaebarbarae
''Seriola sanctaebarbarae'' (named after the city of Santa Barbara) is an extinct species of marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Miocene of California, USA. It is known from the presumably Tortonian-aged diatomite deposits of the Monterey Formation near Lompoc. It was a close relative of modern amberjacks, belonging to the same genus as them (''Seriola''). Its morphology differs from that of the modern California yellowtail (''S. dorsalis'') that now occupies the California coast, and resembles that of the older species '' S. prisca'' from the Early Eocene of Italy and '' S. natgeosoc'' from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of North Caucasus, Russia. The species ''Hemicaranx archaeus'', also found in the same formation, appears to be synonymous with it. It was a large species that could grow up to . References {{Taxonbar, from=Q131844699 † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma. The evolution of ''Homo'' The gibbons (family Hylobatidae) and orangutans (genus ''Pongo'') were the first groups to split from the line leading to the hominins, including humans, then gorillas (genus ''Gorilla''), and finally chimpanzees and bonobos (genus ''Pan (genus), Pan''). The splitting date between hominin and chimpanzee lineages is placed by some between 4 and 8 million years ago, that is, during the Late Miocene. References External links GeoWhen Database - Late Miocene Miocene, .03 Miocene geochronology, 03 Messinian, * Tortonian, * {{geochronology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Yellowtail
''Seriola dorsalis'', the California yellowtail, is a species of ray-finned fish of the family Carangidae. This species is also known by several alternate names, such as yellowtail jack, amberjack, forktail, mossback, white salmon and yellowtail tunis or tunaCalifornia Yellowtail Retrieved August 2009 or by its Spanish name jurel. Although previously thought to belong to ''S. lalandi'', recent genetic analysis distinguished California yellowtail (''S. dorsalis'') as a distinct species from the yellowtail amberjack (''S. lalandi''). The California yellowtail is differentiated from yellowtail amberjack as they differ in range. The yellowtail amberjack is found farther south in the Pacific Ocean. Description [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
