Bidahochi fish swam in swift-water rivers within a wetland habitat
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that also hosted beavers, leopards, and rhinoceroses, all surrounded by semi-arid scrublands; their descendants are the Colorado River pikeminnow and chub; fish fossil picture from Jon Spencer; stratigraphic drawing of Whitecone Peak from Shoemaker et al., 1957.