Biology:Carpathichthys
Carpathichthys ("Carpathian fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric slickhead fish from the Oligocene. It contains a single species, C. polonicus, from the Menilite Formation in the Carpathian Flysch Belt of Poland, in what was formerly the Paratethys Sea.[1][2]
It is one of the very few known fossil slickheads, a group of ray-finned fishes that are assumed to have ancient origins, but have almost no presence in the geological record, likely due to their preference for deep-water habitats.[3] The only other known fossil slickhead is an indeterminate member of Bathyprion from the same formation, indicating that it was likely deposited in an abyssal habitat.[2][4] Carpathichthys appears to be closely related to the extant genus Rouleina.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35495.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jerzmanska, A. (1979). "Oligocene alepocephaloid fishes from the Polish Carpathians" (in EN). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 24 (1). ISSN 0567-7920. http://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-640eabf2-5157-486f-bffc-1e0cb3ee669e.
- ↑ Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X. Bibcode: 2024BPMNH..65..101N.
- ↑ Kotlarczyk, Janusz; Jerzmańska, Anna; Świdnicka, Ewa; Wiszniowska, Teresa (2006). "A framework of ichthyofaunal ecostratigraphy of the Oligocene-Early Miocene strata of the Polish Outer Carpathian basin" (in en). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 76 (1): 1–111. https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/10446.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5045621 entry
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