Bolbocara
| Bolbocara Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Laytonia and B. gyrinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Bathygadinae |
| Genus: | †Bolbocara Jordan, 1927 |
| Species: | †B. gyrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bolbocara gyrinus Jordan, 1927 | |
Bolbocara is an extinct genus of rattail that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It contains a single species, B. gyrinus. It may be related to the extant genus Bathygadus.
It is known from the Monterey Formation near Lompoc.
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