Hiodon woodruffi

Hiodon woodruffi
Temporal range: 49.5–46.2 Ma
Ypresian
Hiodon woodruffi fossil from the Stonerose Interpretive Center collection
Hiodon woodruffi fossil
SRIC collection
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Hiodontiformes
Family: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species:
H. woodruffi
Binomial name
Hiodon woodruffi
(Wilson, 1978)
Synonyms

Eohiodon woodruffi Wilson, 1978

Hiodon woodruffi is an extinct species of bony fish in the mooneye family, Hiodontidae. The species is known from fossils found in the early Eocene deposits of northern Washington state in the United States and late Eocene deposits in northwestern Montana. The species was first described as Eohiodon woodruffi. H. woodruffi is one of two Eocene Okanagan Highlands mooneye species, and one of five fish identified in the Klondike Mountain Formation.