Deltistes

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Deltistes
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
Delistes luxatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Tribe: Catostomini
Genus: Deltistes
Seale, 1896
Type species
Chasmistes luxatus
Cope, 1879
Species

Deltistes is a genus of North American ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It contains the modern D. luxatus found in California and Oregon, and the extinct D. owyhee Miller, 1967 and D. ellipticus Miller, 1967 both from the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Miller R. & Smith G. 1967 "New fossil fishes from Plio-Pleistocene Lake Idaho" Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 654