Biology:Landanichthys
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Landanichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine scombrid fish that lived off the western coast of Africa during the Selandian stage of the Paleocene epoch.[1][2]
- †L. lusitanicus Dartevelle & Casier, 1949 - Middle Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola (Landana Formation)
- †L. moutai Dartevelle & Casier, 1949 - Middle Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola (Landana Formation)
The distinctiveness of both these species is uncertain, and the original specimens of both are now considered lost. The only remaining specimen is the partial skull of an indeterminate species, although likely referable to L. lusitanicus.[3]
It is a crown group-scombrid in the subfamily Scombrinae, and potentially belongs to the tribe Eocoelopomini, which contains several other prehistoric Paleogene scombrids known from England & Turkmenistan.[3][5][6]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Silvano, Carlos Gaudari Pedro (2022). Geossítios de vertebrados fósseis de Angola (MS thesis). Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 FRIEDMAN, Matt; ANDREWS, James V.; SAAD, Hadeel; EL-SAYED, Sanaa (2023-07-31). "The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying “Patterson’s Gap” in the acanthomorph skeletal record" (in en). Geologica Belgica 26 (1-2): 1–23. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.002. ISSN 1374-8505. https://popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=7048.
- ↑ Murray, A.m. (2000). "The Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic fishes of Africa" (in en). Fish and Fisheries 1 (2): 111–145. doi:10.1046/j.1467-2979.2000.00015.x. ISSN 1467-2979. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1467-2979.2000.00015.x.
- ↑ Santini, F.; Carnevale, G.; Sorenson, L. (2013). "First molecular scombrid timetree (Percomorpha: Scombridae) shows recent radiation of tunas following invasion of pelagic habitat" (in EN). Italian Journal of Zoology 80 (2): 210–221. doi:10.1080/11250003.2013.775366. ISSN 1125-0003. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250003.2013.775366.
- ↑ Beckett, Hermione T.; Friedman, Matt (2016-01-01), Johanson, Z.; Barrett, P. M.; Richter, M. et al., eds., "The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus(Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography", Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Palaeontology (Geological Society of London) 430: pp. 0, doi:10.1144/SP430.16, ISBN 978-1-86239-741-5, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.16, retrieved 2026-09-23
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