Fish Pharyngeal Arch With Teeth

Upper Pleistocene Owens Lake Clay

Inyo County, California

Fish material from the Upper Pleistocene Owens Lake Clay, Inyo County, California, resting in its sedimentary matrix. A fish pharyngeal arch with teeth assigned to the genus Catostomus--probably closely related to the living Owens Sucker, Catostomus fumeiventris. Photograph from a specific scientific publication.

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