A new species of Acropomatid fish, Verilus costai sp. nov., is described from a single locality off Belmonte, State Bahia, Brazil. It resembles pseudomicrolepis (Schultz, 1940) the Caribbean Sea. The two are considered vicariant and they interpreted to be separated other genus by (amongst characters) presence fangs on dentary (vs. only villiform teeth), anal fin formula (II+9 vs. III+7) naked occiput scaled). However, formal establishment separate postponed until complete phylogenetic review...

The St Bathans Fauna, from sites near the village of Bathans, Central Otago, South Island, is first substantive pre-Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate fossil fauna discovered in New Zealand. This derives 33 or discrete sedimentary beds located lower 50 m lacustrine Bannockburn Formation, Manuherikia Group, and generally accepted as local stage Altonian (19–15.9 Ma; Burdigalian, Early Miocene) age. Investigations since 2001 have revealed an abundant diverse over 9000 catalogued lots that...

Fish remains described from the early Miocene lacustrine Bannockburn Formation of Central Otago, New Zealand, consist several thousand otoliths and one skeleton plus another disintegrated skull.One species, Mataichthys bictenatus Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson, T. Worthy gen.et sp.nov., an eleotrid, is established on a with in situ.The soft embedding rock delicate, three-dimensionally preserved fish bones were studied by CT-scanning technology rather than physical preparation, except where...

The Pirabas Formation of Early Miocene age represents the final stage central western Atlantic carbonate platform in northeastern South America, predating emplacement Amazon delta system. otolith-based fossil fish fauna is represented by 38 species typical a shallow marine environment. A total 18 are described new to science from families Congridae, Batrachoididae, Bythitidae, Sciaenidae and Paralichthyidae. was associated with high benthic planktic primary productivity including seagrass...

Articulated fossil fish skeletons with otoliths in situ provide a unique opportunity to link these two, otherwise independent data sets of and otoliths. They calibration points for also adding important information the evolutionary interpretation fishes. Here, we review nine articulated gobies from early Sarmatian Dolje, Croatia, Belgrade, Serbia, which were previously regarded as members single gobiid callionymid species. We found them represent five different species belonging genera, four...

Bony fishes are among the best represented macrofossils from earliest Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. However, until now, otoliths this formation have never been reported. Here we describe first otolith Formation, which was found isolated in a carbonate concretion. The specimen exhibits typical features an argentinoid otolith. To date, only single argentiniform species, based on skeletal remains, has documented – Surlykus longigracilis Schrøder & Carnevale, 2023 also represents most...

Otoliths are common in the fossil record and can provide important insight into evolution spatial stratigraphic distribution of fishes, but have remained understudied many areas world. Here, we describe first marine otolith assemblage from East Africa. The material is Tanzania Drilling Project cores late Eocene to early Oligocene age, spanning Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT). consists 10 identifiable species which 5 new, 4 remain open nomenclature. new as follows: Protanago africanus,...

A taxonomic revision of the deep-water ophidiid genus Pycnocraspedum Alcock, 1889 resulted in seven species being recognized, two which are described as new: P. africanum sp. nov. from East Africa; armatum Gosline, 1954 Hawaii, Japan and south to New Caledonia; fulvum Machida, 1984 Okinawa Trough; microlepis (Matsubara, 1943) off China Sea; phyllostoma (Parr, 1933) tropical western Atlantic; rowleyensis northwestern Australia; squamipinne previously thought be widely distributed Africa...

Almost fifty years after the first definition of Messinian salinity crisis (MSC), events that occurred in Mediterranean during terminal portion Miocene still attract attention a large and diverse scientific community. Although fossils are relatively common deposits accumulated MSC, their significance for interpretation latest paleoenvironmental evolution has been underevalued. In this paper, we summarize marine paleoichthyological record three stages MSC based on both articulated isolated...

Abstract The Late Cretaceous was a time of blossoming teleost diversification that came to sudden restriction and partial termination during the extinction event at Cretaceous–Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary. Among dominant diverse groups prior K/Pg boundary were certain pelagic Aulopiformes (e.g., Ichthyotringoidei Enchodontoidei) large variety basal Acanthomorpha whose relationships are difficult determine. skeletal record diminishes late Campanian is low in Maastrichtian Paleocene, constituting...

Abstract Micro‐computed tomography (μ CT ) scanning now represents a standard tool for non‐destructive study of internal or concealed structure in fossils. Here we report on otoliths found situ during routine μ three‐dimensionally preserved skulls Palaeogene and Cretaceous fishes. Comparisons are made with isolated otolith‐based taxa to attempt correlations between the body fossil otolith records. In previously extracted mechanically from specimens Apogon macrolepis Dentex laekeniensis match...

The first record of fossil teleostean otoliths from Antarctica is reported. fossils were obtained late Early Eocene shell beds the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island that represent last temperate marine climate phase in prior to onset cooling and subsequent glaciation during Eocene. A total 17 otolith-based teleost taxa are recognized, with 10 being identifiable species level containing nine new one genus: Argentina antarctica sp. nov., Diaphus? marambionis Macruronus eastmani Coelorinchus...

The Lago Mare phase at the end of Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) in Mediterranean has long been known for Paratethyan affinities its biota. taxonomic level these and their origin, however, is subject to divergent interpretations. Here, we have studied otoliths Gobioidei from late Miocene early Pliocene deposits Italy Greece revised earlier studies including time-equivalent data Romania NW Turkey. Nowadays, gobies constitute most speciose marine fish family Europe diverse endemic...

Reconstructing fossil bony fish faunas using otoliths is a well-established method that allows diverse and dense record in time space to be assembled. Here we report about rich otolith-based fauna from the middle Sarmatian s.l. (middle Bessarabian) Jurkine, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea. The study based on more than 5,000 specimens constituting 36 different species, 24 of which are new 2 remain open nomenclature. This assemblage represents first major otolith association described Bessarabian. It...

Fish otoliths are described from the Lower Paleocene (Danian) and Middle (Selandian) Sjælland in Denmark. A total of 44 species described, 23 as newly established nine open nomenclature. Twelve (including seven new species) have been obtained Danian poorly consolidated coral limestone at Fakse 39 19 Selandian localities near Copenhagen. Both stages previously known for North Sea Basin, only two previous publications, i.e. Koken 1885 Copenhagen Roedel 1930 who erratic ice age boulders...

Abstract Lanternfishes currently represent one of the dominant groups mesopelagic fishes in terms abundance, biomass, and diversity. Their otolith record dominates pelagic sediments below 200 m dredges, especially during entire Neogene. Here we provide an analysis their diversity rise to dominance primarily based on record. The earliest unambiguous fossil myctophids are known otoliths from late Paleocene early Eocene. During evolutionary history, were likely not adapted a high oceanic...

Abstract Otoliths are common and diverse in the Neogene of tropical America. Following previous studies American otoliths lanternfishes (Myctophidae), marine catfishes (Ariidae), croakers (Sciaenidae), cusk-eels (Ophidiiformes), we describe here gobies (Gobiidae). The Gobiidae represent richest fish family, with more than 2000 species worldwide about 250 In fossil record too they family We have investigated sampled from Ecuador, Pacific Atlantic Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,...