| Jefitchia Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | †Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante, 1965 |
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| †Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell & Dante, 1965 | |
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Jefitchia is an extinct genus of drum. Species lived from 48.6–33.9 mya (Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene). Jefitchia have been uncovered in Texas, Louisiana, and Portugal.
Species
Jefitchia contains 3 species:
- †Jefitchia claybornensis Frizzell & Dante, 1965
- †Jefitchia copelandi (Koken, 1888)
- †Jefitchia spinosa Jonet, 1979
References
- Jun A. Ebersole; David J. Cicimurri & Gary L. Stringer (2019). "Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths". European Journal of Taxonomy (585): 1–274. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585.
- "†Jefitchia claybornensis Koken 1888 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "†Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- Mateus, Octávio; Estraviz López, Darío; Mateus, Simao (2022). "Type specimens alone have a strong correlation with taxa record by geological epoch: the case study of the fossil vertebrates named from Portuguese types". Comunicações Geológicas. 109: 57–64. doi:10.34637/z1t1-j459.
External links
- Mangrove-dwelling vertebrates from Deep Time: an example of a diverse, middle Eocene community from Laredo, Texas, USA Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
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