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| Scientific Name | Hypsidoris farsonensis Lundberg & Case, 1970 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Green River Formation, Laney Shale member, 3 miles E of Big Sandy Reservoir, Sweetwater County. |
| Pronunciation | Hip see door iss - far sew nen siss |
| Etymology | The generic name comes from the Greek hypsi, meaning high and doris, meaning dagger, in reference to the dorsal and pectoral spines. The specific name comes from the type locality (Farson, Wyoming). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 281mm (11.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Maxilla toothed. Coronoid process of lower jaw higher than in ?H. oregonensis. Intercornual concavity of mesethmoid prominent. |
| General Remarks | Lived in freshwater with gars (Lepisosteidae), bowfins (Amiidae), mooneyes (Hiodontidae), herrings (Clupeidae), suckers (Catostomidae) and ''primitive'' percoids. The climate was probably subtropical. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Middle Eocene (ca. 40 million years ago) deposits of the Green River Formation, Sweetwater County, southwest Wyoming, USA. Green River, Wyoming (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Known only from the fossil record, no breeding information available or indeed useful for the aquarist. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturges.v. 1 (no. 1) - pp25 Lundberg, J.G. & G. R. Case, 1970. A new catfish from the Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 44: 451-457. |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Cristoffer Forssander. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Dec 19 00:58 (species record created: 2003 Nov 10 00:00) |
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