2011 in paleoichthyology

Fishes

Newly named jawless vertebrates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Althaspis tarloi[1]	sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Dniester Formation	Ukraine	A heterostracan
Djurinaspis secunda[1]	sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Tyver Formation	Ukraine	A heterostracan
Lechriaspis[2]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Elliott Petriello	Early Devonian	Water Canyon Formation	USA	A heterostracan
Palanasaspis[1]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Dniester Formation	Ukraine	A heterostracan
Podolaspis danieli[1]	sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Dniester Formation	Ukraine	A heterostracan
Poraspis thomasi[2]	Species	Valid	Elliott Petriello	Early Devonian	Lost Burro Formation	USA	A heterostracan
Semipodolaspis[1]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Tyver Formation	Ukraine	A heterostracan
Shuyu[3]	Gen. et comb.	Valid	Gai Donoghue et al.[CAL 1]	Late Telychian/Early Wenlock	Maoshan Formation	China	The basalmost known eugaleaspidiform galeaspid.
Zenaspis kasymyri[1]	sp.	Valid	Voichyshyn	Early Devonian	Dniester Formation	Ukraine	A osteostracan

Newly named acanthodian

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Nerepisacanthus[4]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Burrow	?Telychian/Ludlow	Cunningham Creek Formation	Canada	An acritolepid ischnacanthiform.

Newly named placoderms

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arabosteus[5]	Valid	Olive et al.	Early Devonian	Jauf Formation	Saudi Arabia	A member of Acanthothoraci. The type species is Arabosteus variabilis.
Draconichthys elegans[6]	Valid	Rücklin	Frasnian	Anti-Atlas Mountains	Morocco	A piscivorous selenosteid arthrodire

Newly named cartilaginous fishes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cederstroemia ziaensis[7]	Species	Valid	Bourdon et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Point Lookout Sandstone	United States	A carpet shark, a species of Cederstroemia.
Dwardius sudindicus[8]	Species	Valid	Underwood Goswami et al.[CAL 2]	Early Cenomanian	Karai Formation	India	An otodontid.
Eorhinoptera[9]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Case, Cook & Wilson	Early Eocene (Ypresian)	Fishburne Formation	United States	A stingray related to the genus Rhinoptera. The type species is Eorhinoptera grabdai.
Ertychius[10]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ginter, Hairapetian & Grigoryan	Devonian (early Famennian)		Armenia	A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Ertychius intermedius.
Fayolia sharovi[11]	Species	Valid	Fischer Voigt et al.[CAL 3]	Middle/Late Triassic	Madygen Formation	Kyrgyzstan	Egg capsules of a probable xenacanthid.
Gladioserratus[8]	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Underwood Goswami et al.	Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to Paleocene (Danian) or possibly even early Eocene[12]		Australia Denmark[12] France India United Kingdom	A cow shark, a new genus for "Notidanus" aptiensis (Pictet, 1865). Genus also contains a new species Gladioserratus magnus; it might also contain Eocene species "Notorynchus" serratissimus Agassiz (1843).[12]
Karksiodus[13]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ivanov, Märss & Kleesment	Devonian (Givetian)		Estonia	A member of Elasmobranchii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Karksiodus mirus.
Kawichthys[14]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Pradel Tafforeau et al.[CAL 4]	Late Virgilian	Douglas Group	USA	A symmoriiform.
Lissodus lusavorichi[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ginter, Hairapetian & Grigoryan	Devonian (late Famennian)		Armenia Iran	A lonchidiid hybodontiform, a species of Lissodus.
Lonchidion ferganensis[11]	Species	Valid	Fischer Voigt et al.	Middle/Late Triassic	Madygen Formation	Kyrgyzstan	A hybodontid shark.
Moerigaleus[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Underwood & Ward	Late Eocene		Egypt	A hemigaleid. The type species is Moerigaleus vitreodon.
Palaeoxyris alterna[11]	Species	Valid	Fischer Voigt et al.	Middle/Late Triassic	Madygen Formation	Kyrgyzstan	A hybodontid shark.
Ptychodus atcoensis[16]	Species	Valid	Hamm Cicimurri	Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian)	Atco Formation	United States	A species of Ptychodus.
Pueblocarcharias[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bourdon et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Point Lookout Sandstone	United States	A sand shark. The type species is Pueblocarcharias kawaikensis.
Reginaselache[17]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Turner Burrow	Middle Viséan	Ducabrook Formation	Australia	A xenacanthiform.
Scapanorhynchus puercoensis[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bourdon et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Point Lookout Sandstone	United States	A mitsukurinid, a species of Scapanorhynchus.
Scindocorax[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bourdon et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Point Lookout Sandstone	United States	An anacoracid. The type species is Scindocorax novimexicanus.
Tassiliodus[18]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Derycke Goujet	Emsian, Devonian		Algeria	A euselachian.
Texatrygon stouti[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bourdon et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Point Lookout Sandstone	United States	A relative of Ptychotrygon and sclerorhynchids, a species of Texatrygon.

Newly named bony fishes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Apogon dominans[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A cardinalfish, a species of Apogon.
"genus aff. Apogon" viaboadai[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A cardinalfish related to members of the genus Apogon.
Apricenaichthys[20]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)		Italy	A beardfish. The type species is Apricenaichthys italicus.
Araripichthys weberi[21]	Species	Valid	Alvarado-Ortega Brito	Albian	Tlayúa Formation	Mexico	An elopocephalan, a species of Araripichthys.
Arius subtilis[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)[23] and Paleocene (Danian[23] and Selandian)		Ukraine United States[23]	An ariid catfish, a species of Arius.
Astroscopus countermani[24]	Species	Valid	Carnevale, Godfrey & Pietsch	Miocene (Tortonian)	St. Marys Formation	United States	A stargazer, a species of Astroscopus.
Aulorhamphus chiarasorbiniae[25]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tyler & Bannikov	Eocene	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform, a species of Aulorhamphus.
Beishanichthys[26]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Xu Gao	Early Triassic		China	A scanilepiform.
Belonostomus lamarquensis[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bogan Taverne Agnolin	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Allen Formation	Argentina	An aspidorhynchiform.
Bourbonnella jocelynae[28]	Species	Valid	Mickle	Carboniferous	Manning Canyon Shale Formation	USA	An aeduellid.
"genus Bythitidarum" rozenbergi[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A viviparous brotula of uncertain generic assignment.
Caucasichthys[29]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Bannikov Carnevale Parin	Bartonian		Russia	A perciform.
Centroberyx anguinicauda[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Berycidae, a species of Centroberyx.
Chaetodipterus steurbauti[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A spadefish, a species of Chaetodipterus.
Chlorophthalmus udovichenkoi[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A greeneye, a species of Chlorophthalmus.
Dapedium stollorum[30]	Species	Valid	Thies Hauff	Early Toarcian		Germany	A species of Dapedium.
"genus Epigonidarum" tyassminensis[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A deepwater cardinalfish of uncertain generic assignment.
Fierasferoides bucculentus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A pearlfish, a species of Fierasferoides.
Gadophycis serratus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A cusk-eel, a species of Gadophycis.
Guntherichthys[28]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Mickle	Carboniferous	Manning Canyon Shale Formation	USA	A ’palaeoniscoid’.
Gwawinapterus	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Arbour Currie	Campanian	Northumberland Formation	Canada	Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur,[31] but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.[32]
Habroichthys broughi[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lin et al.	Middle Triassic (Anisian)	Guanling Formation	China	A member of Peltopleuriformes belonging to the family Habroichthyidae.
"genus Haemulidarum" makarenkoi[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A grunt of uncertain generic assignment.
Heteroconger astroblematicus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Congridae, a species of Heteroconger.
"genus Holocentridarum" ryabchuni[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Holocentridae of uncertain generic assignment.
Huashancyprinus[34]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chen Chang	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is H. robustispinus.
Laccognathus embryi[35]	Species	Valid	Downs Daeschler et al.[CAL 5]	Frasnian	Fram Formation	Canada	A porolepiform sarcopterygian.
Lecceclupea[36]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary)		Italy	A member of Clupeidae belonging to the subfamily Pellonulinae and the tribe Ehiravini. The type species is Lecceclupea ehiravaensis.
"genus Leiognathidarum" tashlikensis[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A ponyfish of uncertain generic assignment.
Lepidotes pankowskii[37]	Species	Valid	Forey López-Arbarello MacLeod	Cenomanian	Kem Kem Group	Morocco	Originally described as a species of Lepidotes; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Adrianaichthys.[38]
Leufuichthys[39]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Gallo Calvo Kellner	Turonian/Coniacian	Portezuelo Formation	Argentina	A clupeomorph.
Maorigadus ukrainicus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Gadiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Muraenolepididae; a species of Maorigadus.
Mene iberica[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A species of Mene.
"genus Merlucciidarum" antiquus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Merlucciidae of uncertain generic assignment.
Mimipiscis[40]	Nom. nov.	Valid	Choo	Upper Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	A new generic name for Mimia Gardiner & Bartram (1977). The type species is Mimipiscis toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram 1977).
Mimipiscis bartrami[40]	Species	Valid	Choo	Upper Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	A second species of Mimipiscis.
Neocybium parvidentatum[41]	Species	Valid	Monsch Bannikov	Eocene (Bartonian)		Kazakhstan	A Spanish mackerel, a species of Neocybium.
Ogilbia luzanensis[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Danian to Selandian)		Denmark Greenland Ukraine	A viviparous brotula, a species of Ogilbia.
Onuxodon yebraensis[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A pearlfish, a species of Onuxodon.
Pardachirus izarrae[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý Nolf	Eocene (Bartonian)		Spain	A sole, a species of Pardachirus.
Pavarottia[42]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov & Zorzin	Eocene	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pavarottia lonardonii.
Pesciarhamphus[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tyler & Bannikov	Eocene (Ypresian or Lutetian)	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform. The type species is Pesciarhamphus carnevalei.
Pietschellus[44]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Bannikov Carnevale	Ypresian	Monte Bolca	Italy	A percomorph.
Robertannia[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov	Eocene	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to Hendrixella grandei. The type species is Robertannia sorbiniorum.
Scheenstia[46]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	López-Arbarello Sferco	Late Jurassic		Germany	A semionotiform.
Sharfia[47]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Pietsch Carnevale	Eocene (late Ypresian)	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A goosefish. The type species is Sharfia mirabilis.
Sinosaurichthys[48]	Gen. et 3 sp.	Valid	Wu Sun et al.[CAL 6]	Anisian	Guanling Formation	China	A saurichthyid.
Sorbinichthys africanus[49]	Species	Valid	Murray Wilson	Cenomanian or Turonian	Akrabou Formation	Morocco	A species of Sorbinichthys.
"genus Sparidarum" spatiatus[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans Bratishko	Paleocene (Selandian)		Ukraine	A member of Sparidae of uncertain generic assignment.
Spinofacia[28]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Mickle	Carboniferous	Manning Canyon Shale Formation	USA	A ’palaeoniscoid’.
Steurbautichthys[50]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Taverne	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian to Bathonian)	Stanleyville Formation, Songa Limestones	Democratic Republic of the Congo	A relative of Ankylophorus; a new genus for "Pholidophorus" aequatorialis de Saint-Seine & Casier (1962).
Tarkus[51]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carnevale Pietsch	Eocene (late Ypresian)	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A member of Ogcocephalidae. The type species is Tarkus squirei.

Notes

1. Gai, Donoghue, Zhu, Janvier, Stampanoni.
2. Underwood, Goswami Prasad, Verma and Flynn
3. Fischer, Voigt, Schneider, Buchwitz and Voigt
4. Pradel, Tafforeau, Maisey, Janvier.
5. Downs, Daeschler, Jenkins and Shubin.
6. Wu, Sun, Xu, Hao, Jiang, Sun.