Araeosteus

Araeosteus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zaproridae
Genus: †Araeosteus
Jordan & Gilbert, 1920
Species:
†A. rothi
Binomial name
†Araeosteus rothi
Jordan & Gilbert, 1920

Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).[1][2]

  1. ^ David, Lore Rose (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. p. 38.
  2. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.