Libotonius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percopsiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Percopsaria Ordo: Percopsiformes

Familia: Percopsidae
Genus: †Libotonius
Species: †L. blakeburnensis – †L. pearsoni

Name

†Libotonius Wilson, 1977

• Type species:†Libotonius blakeburnensis Wilson, 1977

Etymology

• "Libotonius is named in honour of Rene Liboton, owner of a rock shop and fossil museum at Vaseaux Lake, British Columbia, and donor to the ROM of specimens of Amyzon brevipinne and Libotonius blakeburnensis from Whipsaw Creek L86."

References

• Wilson, M.V.H. 1977. Middle Eocene freshwater fishes from British Columbia. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 113: 1–61. ISSN 0384-8159. https://archive.org/details/middleeocenefres00wils.  Reference page. 
• Wilson, M.V.H. 1979. A Second Species of Libotonius (Pisces: Percopsidae) from the Eocene of Washington State. Copeia 3: 400-405.  Reference page.