''Absalomichthys velifer'' is an extinct, prehistoric
manefish
Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of perciform fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. ''Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' and ''Absalomichthys velifer'' are extinct species from the Upper Miocene of South ...
that lived during the
Upper Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two 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 ev ...
of what is now
Southern California
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.
Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fish ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
Miocene fish
Caristiidae
Fossil taxa described in 1933
Miocene fish of North America
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