List of years in paleoichthyology |
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This list of fossil fish species is a list of taxa of fish that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Keating, Sansom & Purnell | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Wayne Herbert Quarry | A member of Osteostraci, a species of Diademapsis. | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Zhu, Liu, Jia & Gai | Silurian | A eugaleaspidiform galeaspid. Its type species is Dunyu longiforus; genus also contains "Eugaleaspis" xiushanensis Liu 1983. | ||||
Gen. et comb et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Keating, Sansom & Purnell | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Wayne Herbert Quarry | A new genus of Osteostraci including the type species "Cephalaspis" pagei Lankester, 1868 [3] and new species J. newtonensis and J. punctata. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Blom | Lower Devonian | A birkeniid anaspid. The type species is Kerreralepis carinata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Scott & Wilson | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Man On The Hill Lagerstätte | A member of Osteostraci, a species of Waengsjoeaspis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Keating, Sansom & Purnell | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Wayne Herbert Quarry | A member of Osteostraci, a species of Zenaspis. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Burrow, Trinajstic & Long | Late Devonian (Frasnian) | An acanthodiform acanthodian. The type species is Halimacanthodes ahlbergi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Botella, Martínez-Pérez & Soler-Gijón | Early Devonian | A species of Machaeracanthus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Voichyshyn & Szaniawski | Early Devonian, possibly also late Silurian. | An ischnacanthiform, possibly an ischnacanthid. The type species is Podoliacanthus zychi; also contains three yet unnamed species. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Malyshkina | Late Eocene | A requiem shark, a species of Abdounia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Malyshkina | Late Eocene | A requiem shark, a species of Abdounia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian) | A sclerorhynchid. The type species is Agaleorhynchus britannicus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Adnet et al. | Late Eocene | A mobulid. The type species is Argoubia barbei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martill & Ibrahim | Late Cretaceous | A sawfish. The type species is Australopristis wiffeni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Case et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A sclerorhynchid sawfish, a species of Borodinopristis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ehret et al. | Late Miocene | A lamnid shark, a species of Carcharodon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian) | A platyrhinid. The type species is Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Behan, Walken & Cuny | Early Carboniferous | A chondrichthyan of indeterminate phylogenetic relationships. The type species is Cromhallia parvunda. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Andreev & Cuny | Rhaetian | A shark, a new genus for "Polyacrodus" holwellensis (Duffin, 1998). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Adnet et al. | Late Eocene | A mobulid, a species of Eoplinthicus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | An elasmobranch, a species of Fragilicorona. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Cappetta | Late Cretaceous | A shark related to Pseudocorax ; [19] a replacement name for Paracorax Cappetta (1977). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | An elasmobranch, a species of Glabrisubcorona. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov, Nestell & Nestell | Middle Permian (Roadian) | A jalodontid chondrichthyan. The type species is Isacrodus marthae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Permian (Late Leonardian) | A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Kaibabvenator swiftae. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Cappetta | Late Cretaceous | A member of Anacoracidae; a replacement name for Microcorax Cappetta & Case (1975). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Permian (Late Leonardian) | A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Nanoskalme natans. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Permian (Late Leonardian) | A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Neosaivodus flagstaffensis. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid [23] | Cook et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) | A species of Odontaspis . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Adnet et al. | Late Eocene | A mobulid. The type species is Oromobula dakhlaensis. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | A squatiniform, a species of Parasquatina . | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | A squatiniform, a species of Parasquatina . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bor, Reinecke & Verschueren | Miocene (early Langhian) | A relative of the deepwater stingray. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Pfeil | Eocene (Lutetian) | Weitwies Subformation | A member of Chlamydoselachidae; a replacement name for Thrinax Pfeil (1983). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian) | A platyrhinid. The type species is Pseudoplatyrhina crispa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | A ptychotrygonid, possibly a relative of sclerorhynchids; a species of Ptychotrygonoides . | ||||
"Rhinobatos" seruensis [10] | Sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | A guitarfish, a possible species of Rhinobatos . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andreev & Cuny | Anisian | A shark. The type species is Rhomaleodus budurovi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | An elasmobranch, a species of Rugosicorona. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pauliv, Dias & Sedor | Permian (Wordian to Wuchiapingian) | A species of Sphenacanthus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Early Cenomanian to middle Turonian) | A guitarfish, a species of Squatirhina . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sansom et al. | Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) | A gnathostome of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Tantalepis gatehousei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov, Nestell & Nestell | Middle Permian (late Wordian or early Capitanian) | A jalodontid chondrichthyan. The type species is Texasodus varidentatus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Gottfried, Fordyce & Rust | Late Oligocene | A billfish | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Danian) | A member of Anguillidae, a species of Anguilla. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yabumoto, Hikida & Nishino | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | A species of Apsopelix. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Sternoptychidae, a species of Argyripnus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alvarado-Ortega & Porras-Múzquiz | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | An aspidopleurid aulopiform, a species of Aspidopleurus. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Aguilera & Marceniuk | Late Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Danian) | A member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Bavariscopelus . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Grandstaff et al. | A polypterid actinopterygian, a new genus for "Polypterus" bartheli (Schaal, 1984). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary) | A member of Aspidorhynchiformes, a species of Belonostomus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schultze & Reed | Middle Devonian | A tristichopterid sarcopterygian. The type species is Bruehnopteron murphyi. The species was argued by Parfitt et al. (2014) to be likely junior synonym of Tinirau clackae. [37] | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Pietsch | Eocene | A lophiid anglerfish, a new genus for "Lophius" brachysomus (Agassiz). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) [39] and Paleocene (Danian to Thanetian) | A member of Berycidae, a species of Centroberyx . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Gonostomatidae. The type species is Cyclogonostoma disciformis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "genus Myctophidarum" schnetleri Schwarzhans (2003). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prokofiev | Early Oligocene | An eel, possibly a member of Moringuidae. The type species is Deutschenchelys micklichi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geng et al. | Middle Triassic (middle or late Anisian) | A perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Diandongperleidus denticulatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A spinyfin related to the silver spinyfin. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Murray & Hoşgör | Early Oligocene | An elopiform fish. The type species is Echinelops ozcani. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tyler & Bannikov | A pufferfish, a species of Eotetraodon. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Costa | Late Oligocene | A pupfish; a new genus for "Prolebias" meridionalis Gaudant (1978). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Costa | Early Oligocene | A relative of Valencia ; a new genus for "Prolebias" delphinensis Gaudant (1989) and "Lebias" aymardi Sauvage (1869). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Tyler | Eocene | A surgeonfish; a new genus for "Pesciarichthys" baldwinae Sorbini & Tyler (1998). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Carnevale | Eocene | A member of Percoidei. The type species is Frippia labroiformis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geng et al. | Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) | A perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Fuyuanperleidus dengi. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Carnevale | Early Eocene | A close relative of centriscids. The type species is Gerpegezhus paviai. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Congridae, a species of Gnathophis . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Haemulidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Žalohar & Hitij | Middle Miocene | A hippocampine syngnathid. The type species is Hippotropiscis frenki. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Holocentridae, a species of Holocentronotus . | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Lundberg & Luckenbill | Late Miocene | A species of Ictalurus . | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Baykina | Miocene | A clupeid fish. Genus contains two species: Illusionella tsurevica and Illusionella pshekhensis. The genus Illusionella was subsequently synonymized with the genus Sarmatella Menner (1949) by Baykina (2013); however, Baykina kept the species I. tsurevica and I. pshekhensis as valid, distinct species within the genus Sarmatella. [52] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Zeiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Parazenidae; a species of Isozen . | ||||
Isurichthys breviusculus [53] | Sp nov | Valid | Bannikov | Lower Oligocene | An ariommatid, a species of Isurichthys . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Berycidae. The type species is Kressenbergichthys kuhni. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Wu | Middle Anisian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A relative of the false trevally. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary) | A bonefish, a species of Lebonichthys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geng et al. | Middle Triassic (middle or late Anisian) | A perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Luopingperleidus sui. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wen et al. | Middle Anisian | |||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schröder, López-Arbarello & Ebert | Late Jurassic | A semionotiform. The type species is Macrosemimimus fegerti; "Lepidotes" lennieri (Sauvage, 1893) is a second species of Macrosemimimus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson & T. Worthy in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | An eleotrid. Contains M. bictenatus, M. procerus, M. rhinoceros, and M. taurinus | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A ridgehead of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Koerber | Riachuelo Formation | A member of Pycnodontiformes; a replacement name for Camposichthys Figueiredo & Silva Santos (1991). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Amaral & Brito | Early Cretaceous, possibly Aptian | A member of Chanidae. The type species is Nanaichthys longipinnus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary) | A member of Elopidae. The type species is Nardoelops nybelini. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Nettastomatidae, a species of Nettastoma . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Ogcocephalidae, possibly a species of Ogcocephalus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) [39] and Paleocene (Danian [39] and Thanetian) | Originally described as a member of Merlucciidae and a possible species of Palaeogadus . Subsequently reinterpreted as a stem gadiform of uncertain familial affinities and transferred to the genus Archaemacruroides by Schwarzhans & Stringer (2020). [39] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Witzmann & Schoch | Lower Permian | A megalichthyid sarcopterygian. The type species is Palatinichthys laticeps. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. | Valid | Weiss, L. R. Malabarba & M. C. Malabarba | Eocene to Oligocene | A characiform, probably a characid. The genus contains two species: Paleotetra entrecorregos and Paleotetra aiuruoca. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Danian) | A member of Congridae, a species of Paraconger . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Paraulopus . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dias | Permian, Guadalupian (Wordian or Capitanian) | A probable relative of Platysomus and other platysomids. The type species is Paranaichthys longianalis. | ||||
Parawenzichthys [64] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Figueiredo, Gallo & Delarmelina | Turonian | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Sparidae, a species of Platysepta . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Danian) | A member of Acropomatidae, a species of Plesiopoma. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Acropomatidae, a species of Plesiopoma. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A beardfish. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Danian) | A member of Serranidae, a species of Polyperca . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of the family Pantodontidae. The type species is P. kalassyi. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Gonostomatidae. The type species is Progonostoma primordialis; genus also contains Progonostoma hagni. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes . | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al. | Early Miocene | A retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wendruff & Wilson | Lower Triassic | A coelacanth. The type species is Rebellatrix divaricerca. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Graf | A coelacanth. The type species is Reidus hilli. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Clement | Late Devonian | A lungfish, a species of Rhinodipterus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A member of Congridae, a species of Rhynchoconger . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lombardo, Tintori & Tona | Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) | A semionotid semionotiform, a species of Sangiorgioichthys. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Akbulut & Özdikmen | A member of Palaeonisciformes belonging to the family Canobiidae; a replacement name for Marquesia Schaeffer (1990). | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Zhang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Zorzin | Eocene | A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Squamibolcoides minciottii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tintori et al. | Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) | A thoracopterid peltopleuriform, a species of Thoracopterus. The species might be synonymous with the species Potanichthys xingyiensis Xu et al. (2013). [74] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Swartz | Middle Devonian | Red Hill I beds | An eotetrapodiform tetrapodomorph related to the clade Elpistostegalia [75] or a tristichopterid. [37] The type species is Tinirau clackae. | |||
Tomognathus gigeri [76] | sp nov | Valid | Cavin & Giner | Valanginian | A halecomorph fish, a species of Tomognathus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A slimehead, a species of Trachichthys . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A slimehead, a species of Trachichthys . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | Early Devonian | A basal member of Tetrapodomorpha. The type species is Tungsenia paradoxa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A member of Sternoptychidae, a species of Valenciennellus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arratia & Schultze | Kimmeridgian | A macrosemiiform. The type species is Voelklichthys comitatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alvarado-Ortega & Than-Marchese | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A close relative of Aipichthyoides and Aspesaipichthys , more distantly related to Aipichthys . The type species is Zoqueichthys carolinae. | ||||