Biology:Eosemionotus

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Eosemionotus ("dawn Semionotus") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine macrosemiid ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic (Anisian to Ladinian). It was a speciose genus known from throughout Europe, including formations of the Muschelkalk.[1][2]

The following species are known:[2][3]

  • E. ceresiensis Bürgin, 2004 - early Ladinian of Italy (Besano Formation)
  • E. diskosomus López-Arbarello et al., 2019 - early Ladinian of Italy (Meride Formation) and Switzerland (Cassina Formation)
  • E. minutus López-Arbarello et al., 2019 - early Ladinian of Italy (Meride Formation)
  • E. ratumensis Diependaal et al. 2024 - mid-late Anisian of the Netherlands (Vossenveld Formation)[4]
  • E. sceltrichensis López-Arbarello et al., 2019 - Ladinian of Switzerland (Meride Formation)
  • E. vogeli (von Fritsch, 1906) - late Anisian of Germany (Heilbronn Formation) (=Allolepidotus vogeli von Fritsch, 1906)

In addition, indeterminate remains of Eosemionotus are known from Spain, Slovenia, and China.[2][5]

The Tethys Ocean appears to have been the center of diversification for the genus. The species E. vogeli appears to descend from a population that dispersed from the Tethys into the Germanic Basin prior to the late Anisian.[2]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 University~a.lopez-arbarello@lrz.uni-muenchen.de, Adriana López-Arbarello~Ludwig Maximilian; Bürgin~Naturmuseum~toni.buergin@naturmuseumsg.ch, Toni; Zürich~heinz.furrer-paleo@bluewin.ch, Heinz Furrer~Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität; Naturale~rudolf.stockar@ti.ch, Rudolf Stockar~Museo cantonale di storia (2019-02-27). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of Eosemionotus Stolley, 1920 (Neopterygii: Ginglymodi) from the Middle Triassic of Europe" (in en). https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2383-systematics-of-eosemionotus. 
  3. "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:35146. 
  4. "Deinsea 22". https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-22/. 
  5. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269406596_Permian-Triassic_Osteichthyes_bony_fishes_diversity_dynamics_and_body_size_evolution_Supplementary_Tables_S1-S3. 

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