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Newly named jawless vertebrates
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Dniester Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Tyver Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Water Canyon Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Dniester Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Dniester Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
Species |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
A heterostracan | ||||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Tyver Formation |
A heterostracan | |||
Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Telychian/Early Wenlock |
Maoshan Formation |
The basalmost known eugaleaspidiform galeaspid. |
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sp. |
Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Dniester Formation |
A osteostracan | |||
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Newly named acanthodian
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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?Telychian/Ludlow |
Cunningham Creek Formation |
An acritolepid ischnacanthiform. |
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Newly named placoderms
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Early Devonian |
Jauf Formation |
A member of Acanthothoraci. The type species is Arabosteus variabilis. |
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Valid |
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Newly named cartilaginous fishes
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cederstroemia ziaensis[7] |
Species |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
Point Lookout Sandstone |
A carpet shark, a species of Cederstroemia. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Early Cenomanian |
An otodontid. |
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Eorhinoptera[9] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Early Eocene (Ypresian) |
Fishburne Formation |
A stingray related to the genus Rhinoptera. The type species is Eorhinoptera grabdai. |
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Ertychius[10] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Devonian (early Famennian) |
A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Ertychius intermedius. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle/Late Triassic |
Egg capsules of a probable xenacanthid. |
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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to Paleocene (Danian) or possibly even early Eocene[12] |
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] |
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Karksiodus[13] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Devonian (Givetian) |
A member of Elasmobranchii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Karksiodus mirus. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Virgilian |
A symmoriiform. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Devonian (late Famennian) |
A lonchidiid hybodontiform, a species of Lissodus. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle/Late Triassic |
A hybodontid shark. |
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Moerigaleus[15] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Eocene |
A hemigaleid. The type species is Moerigaleus vitreodon. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle/Late Triassic |
A hybodontid shark. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) |
A species of Ptychodus. |
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Pueblocarcharias[7] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
Point Lookout Sandstone |
A sand shark. The type species is Pueblocarcharias kawaikensis. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Viséan |
Ducabrook Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
Point Lookout Sandstone |
A mitsukurinid, a species of Scapanorhynchus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
Point Lookout Sandstone |
An anacoracid. The type species is Scindocorax novimexicanus. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Emsian, Devonian |
A euselachian. |
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Texatrygon stouti[7] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
Point Lookout Sandstone |
A relative of Ptychotrygon and sclerorhynchids, a species of Texatrygon. |
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Newly named bony fishes
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Apogon dominans[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A cardinalfish, a species of Apogon. |
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"genus aff. Apogon" viaboadai[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A cardinalfish related to members of the genus Apogon. |
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Apricenaichthys[20] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
A beardfish. The type species is Apricenaichthys italicus. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Albian |
An elopocephalan, a species of Araripichthys. |
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Arius subtilis[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)[23] and Paleocene (Danian[23] and Selandian) |
An ariid catfish, a species of Arius. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Miocene (Tortonian) |
A stargazer, a species of Astroscopus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene |
Monte Bolca locality |
An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform, a species of Aulorhamphus. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Triassic |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
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Species |
Valid |
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Carboniferous |
Manning Canyon Shale Formation |
An aeduellid. |
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"genus Bythitidarum" rozenbergi[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A viviparous brotula of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Bartonian |
A perciform. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Berycidae, a species of Centroberyx. |
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Chaetodipterus steurbauti[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A spadefish, a species of Chaetodipterus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A greeneye, a species of Chlorophthalmus. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Early Toarcian |
A species of Dapedium. |
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"genus Epigonidarum" tyassminensis[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A deepwater cardinalfish of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Fierasferoides bucculentus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A pearlfish, a species of Fierasferoides. |
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Gadophycis serratus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A cusk-eel, a species of Gadophycis. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Carboniferous |
Manning Canyon Shale Formation |
A ’palaeoniscoid’. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur,[31] but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.[32] |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A member of Peltopleuriformes belonging to the family Habroichthyidae. |
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"genus Haemulidarum" makarenkoi[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A grunt of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Congridae, a species of Heteroconger. |
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"genus Holocentridarum" ryabchuni[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Holocentridae of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Huashancyprinus[34] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Ningming Formation |
A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is H. robustispinus. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Lecceclupea[36] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary) |
A member of Clupeidae belonging to the subfamily Pellonulinae and the tribe Ehiravini. The type species is Lecceclupea ehiravaensis. |
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"genus Leiognathidarum" tashlikensis[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A ponyfish of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Lepidotes pankowskii[37] |
Species |
Valid |
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Cenomanian |
Originally described as a species of Lepidotes; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Adrianaichthys.[38] |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian/Coniacian |
A clupeomorph. |
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Maorigadus ukrainicus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Gadiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Muraenolepididae; a species of Maorigadus. |
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Mene iberica[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A species of Mene. |
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"genus Merlucciidarum" antiquus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Merlucciidae of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Nom. nov. |
Valid |
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Upper Devonian |
A new generic name for Mimia Gardiner & Bartram (1977). The type species is Mimipiscis toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram 1977). |
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Mimipiscis bartrami[40] |
Species |
Valid |
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Upper Devonian |
A second species of Mimipiscis. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A Spanish mackerel, a species of Neocybium. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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A viviparous brotula, a species of Ogilbia. |
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Onuxodon yebraensis[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
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Pardachirus izarrae[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Bartonian) |
A sole, a species of Pardachirus. |
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Pavarottia[42] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene |
Monte Bolca locality |
A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pavarottia lonardonii. |
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Pesciarhamphus[43] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Ypresian or Lutetian) |
Monte Bolca locality |
An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform. The type species is Pesciarhamphus carnevalei. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Ypresian |
A percomorph. |
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Robertannia[45] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene |
Monte Bolca locality |
A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to Hendrixella grandei. The type species is Robertannia sorbiniorum. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Jurassic |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Eocene (late Ypresian) |
Monte Bolca locality |
A goosefish. The type species is Sharfia mirabilis. |
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Gen. et 3 sp. |
Valid |
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Anisian |
A saurichthyid. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Cenomanian or Turonian |
A species of Sorbinichthys. |
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"genus Sparidarum" spatiatus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Paleocene (Selandian) |
A member of Sparidae of uncertain generic assignment. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Carboniferous |
Manning Canyon Shale Formation |
A ’palaeoniscoid’. |
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Steurbautichthys[50] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian to Bathonian) |
Stanleyville Formation, Songa Limestones |
A relative of Ankylophorus; a new genus for "Pholidophorus" aequatorialis de Saint-Seine & Casier (1962). |
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Tarkus[51] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (late Ypresian) |
Monte Bolca locality |
A member of Ogcocephalidae. The type species is Tarkus squirei. |
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