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Eosalmo is an
extinct genus of
ancient salmonid that
lived during the
Eocene epoch. The
genus was
first described in 1977 from
fossils found in lacustrine...
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Salmonidae first appear in the
fossil record in the
Early Eocene with
Eosalmo driftwoodensis, a stem-salmonine,
which was
first described from fossils...
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identical migratory lives, but
neither is
termed "salmon" . The
extinct Eosalmo driftwoodensis, the
oldest known Salmoninae fish in the
fossil record,...
- respectively. The
other three species, "Amia" hesperia,
Amyzon aggregatum, and
Eosalmo driftwoodensis, were
first described from
Okanagan Highlands formations...
- †Eoplectus[Sepkoski 2002] †Eoprotelops[Sepkoski 2002] Eopsetta[Sepkoski 2002] †
Eosalmo[Sepkoski 2002] †Eosaurichthys[Sepkoski 2002] †Eosemionotus[Sepkoski 2002]...
- †Libotonius
blakeburnensis Wilson, 1977 A
percopsiform fish
Salmonidae †
Eosalmo †Cf.
Eosalmo driftwoodensis Wilson, 1977 An
ancestral salmon Trionychidae Cf....
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Eosalmo driftwoodensis...
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contains fossils of
ancestral salmon, trout, and suckers,
including Eosalmo driftwoodensis.
Ongoing paleontological research continues at the site...
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abundant and well-preserved
insect and fish
fossils (Amyzon, Eohiodon, and
Eosalmo).
Eohiodon rosei from the
McAbee Fossil Beds and
other Eocene sites in...
- and "Eohiodon" rosei. The
monograph added the
families Salmonidae with
Eosalmo driftwoodensis,
Libotoniidae with
Libotonius blakeburnensis, and Moronidae...
