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Absalomichthys Temporal range: Upper Miocene |
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| A. velifer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Diretmidae |
| Genus: | Absalomichthys |
| Species: | A. velifer |
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Absalomichthys velifer Whitley, 1933 |
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Absalomichthys velifer is an extinct, prehistoric spinyfin that lived during the Upper Miocene of what is now Southern California. Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species.