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This list of fossil fishes described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that have been described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2015. 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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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Van der Brugghen | Silurian (early Wenlock) | A member of Euphaneropidae. The type species is Ciderius cooperi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Elliott, Schultze & Blieck | Devonian (Lochkovian) | A pteraspid heterostracan. The type species is Mitraspis cracens. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gai et al. | Devonian (Pragian) | A gantarostrataspidid huananaspidiform galeaspid. The type species is Rhegmaspis xiphoidea. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Si, Gai & Zhao | Devonian (Lochkovian) | A polybranchiaspidid galeaspid, a species of Siyingia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Dec | Silurian (Pridoli) | A member of Tolypelepidida, a species of Tolypelepis. Märss (2019) considered it to be a junior synonym of T. undulata. [11] | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rücklin, Long & Trinajstic | Late Devonian | A selenosteid arthrodire. The type species is Driscollaspis pankowskiorum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olive, Prestianni & Dupret | Devonian (late Famennian) | A phlyctaeniid arthrodire, a species of Groenlandaspis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olive | Devonian (late Famennian) | A member of Antiarchi, a species of Grossilepis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pan et al. | Devonian (late Emsian) | A quasipetalichthyid petalichthyid. The type species is Pauropetalichthys magnoculus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olive | Devonian (Famennian) | A member of Antiarchi, a species of Remigolepis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olive et al. | Devonian (late Famennian) | A relative of Groenlandaspis , a species of Turrisaspis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Blais, Hermus & Wilson | Devonian (Lochkovian) | An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Erymnacanthus clivus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Blais, Hermus & Wilson | Devonian (Lochkovian) | An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Euryacanthus rugosus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Blais, Hermus & Wilson | Devonian (Lochkovian) | An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Tricuspicanthus gannitus; genus also contains Tricuspicanthus pisciculus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Coates | Devonian (Famennian) | A species of Antarctilamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Leder | Oligocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Leder | Oligocene | A mobuline eagle ray. The type species is Arnomobula eythrai. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri & Ebersole | Paleocene (Thanetian) | A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri & Ebersole | Paleocene (Danian) | A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrillo-Briceño et al. | Miocene | A requiem shark, a species of Carcharhinus . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Disputed | Kriwet, Mewis & Hempe | Miocene to Pliocene | Europe | A member of Lamnidae; a new genus for "Carcharodon" escheri Agassiz, 1843. De Schutter, van der Vliet & Bor (2021) did not consider it to be a genus distinct from Isurus . [23] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Welton | Early Miocene | A relative of the basking shark. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov in Ivanov, Nestell & Nestell | Permian (early Capitanian) | A member of Neoselachii belonging to the family Anachronistidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Roelofs et al. | Late Devonian | A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Diademodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gouiric-Cavalli et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Long et al. | Devonian (early Frasnian) | A member of Chondrichthyes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing | Miocene (late Burdigalian) | Lower Mica Finesand Formation | A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing | Oligocene (early / middle Chattian) | Sülstorf Beds | A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius . | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Siverson et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) | An otodontid, a new genus for "Cretolamna" gunsoni Siverson (1996). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reinecke | Oligocene (Chattian) | Sülstorf Beds | A skate. The type species is Oligoraja pristina. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hamm | Early Cretaceous (middle Albian) | A member of Ptychodontidae. The type species is Paraptychodus washitaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Potvin-Leduc et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | A member of Elasmobranchii, an omalodontid omalodontiform; a species of Portalodus. | ||||
Pseudaetobatus belli [34] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri & Ebersole | Early Eocene (Ypresian) | An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus . | |||
Pseudaetobatus undulatus [34] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri & Ebersole | Late Eocene (Priabonian) | An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus . | |||
Nom. nov et comb. nov | Valid | Shimada et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A putative planktivorous shark, possibly a sand shark; a replacement name for Eorhincodon Nessov (1999) (preoccupied). The type species is "Eorhincodon" casei Nessov (1999); genus also contains "Megachasma" comanchensis Shimada (2007). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reinecke | Oligocene (Chattian) | Sülstorf Beds | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Leder | Oligocene | A catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Suzuki | Miocene | A member of Dalatiidae. The type species is Squaliomicrus sanadaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ginter et al. | Carboniferous (late Viséan) | A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Thrinacodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reinecke | Oligocene (Chattian) | Sülstorf Beds | A member of Torpedinidae, a species of Torpedo . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is Acrorhinichthys poyatoi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A peltopleurid peltopleuriform, a species of Altisolepis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A relative of the transparent goby. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Goolaerts | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Apuliadercetis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vernygora & Murray | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-early Turonian) | A clupeomorph belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes; a species of Armigatus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arratia & Schultze | Early Jurassic | An actinistian, probably a member of the group Coelacanthiformes and the family Whiteiidae. The type species is Atacamaia solitaria. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish. The type species is Ballagadus rossi; genus also includes Ballagadus caustrimi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Murray et al. | Late Jurassic | A relative of gars. The type species is Beiduyu qijiangensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Marramà & Carnevale | Eocene | Monte Bolca locality | A member of Clupeidae. A new genus for "Clupea" catopygoptera Woodward (1901). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bartholomai | Early Cretaceous (late Albian) | A member of Halecomorphi, possibly a member of the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is Canaryichthys rozefeldsi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) | A member of Ichthyodectidae. The type species is Capassoichthys alfonsoi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bieńkowska-Wasiluk & Bonde | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of Acanthopterygii of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a relative of boarfishes. The type species is Caprosimilis carpathicus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Qiao & Zhu | Devonian (early Emsian) | A dipnorhynchid lungfish, a species of Cathlorhynchus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Triassic (late Norian) | A member of Pholidophoridae. The type species is Ceneichthys zambellii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A relative of the curled picarel. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Liao & Lei | Oligocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish. The type species is Coccovedus celatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarkin | Miocene | A bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Goolaerts | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Cyranichthys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A species of Diaphus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is D. cornutus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Gierl & Reichenbacher | Miocene | A member of Gobiiformes. The type species is "Cottus" brevis Agassiz; genus also includes the new species Eleogobius gaudanti. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Chen, Chang & Liu | Late Eocene | A member of Cyprinidae; a new genus for "Cyprinus" maomingensis Liu (1957). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Claeson et al. | Early Eocene | A member of Scombridae. The type species is Eoscomber senegalicus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sousa et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) | A lungfish, possibly member of Neoceratodontidae; a species of Equinoxiodus. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Romano & Kogan | Permian (Kungurian?) | A member of the family Karaunguriidae (a group of ray-finned fishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement); a replacement name for Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva (1981) (preoccupied). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A member of the family Sciaenidae. Originally described as a possible species of Genyonemus , but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Leptosciaena by Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale (2018). [61] | ||||
“Gobiida” bicornuta [62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin, Girone & Wolf | Miocene (Tortonian) | Sant’Agata Fossili Formation | A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020). [63] | ||
“Gobiida” brioche [62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin, Girone & Wolf | Sant’Agata Fossili Formation | A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020). [63] | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is H. pectospinus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić | Miocene (late Serravallian) | A goby. Originally described as a species of Hyrcanogobius ; Schwarzhans et al. (2017) transferred it to the genus Hesperichthys. [66] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Minikh, Arefiev & Golubev | Late Permian | A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Chondrostei and the order Eurynotoidiformes; a species of Isadia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gouiric-Cavalli | Late Jurassic | A member of Aspidorhynchiformes. The type species is Jonoichthys challwa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Altner & Reichenbacher | Late Miocene | An aplocheiloid cyprinodontiform. The type species is Kenyaichthys kipkechi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Bellwood | Eocene (Ypresian) | Monte Bolca locality | A wrasse. The type species is Labrobolcus giorgioi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Tyler | Middle Miocene | A member of Tetraodontidae. The type species is Leithaodon sandroi. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Tintori et al. | Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) | A relative of Pholidophorus . The type species is Malingichthys nimaiguensis; genus also includes Malingichthys wanfenglinensis. | ||||
Morone? bannikovi [39] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A temperate bass, probably a species of Morone . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Choo | Late Devonian | An early ray-finned fish, a species of Moythomasia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Bannikov | Eocene (Ypresian) | Monte Bolca locality | A member of Percomorphacea related to Pietschellus aenigmaticus. The type species is Nickcaves pterygocephalus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tan, Wang & Lu | Carboniferous (Namurian) | A ray-finned fish related to Platysomus . The type species is Ningxiaplatysomus parvus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish. The type species is "Ctenodus" romeri Thomson (1965). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Murray et al. | Age uncertain, probably Eocene | A gourami. The type species is Ombilinichthys yamini. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Lane & Ebert | Middle Triassic to Late Jurassic | Democratic Republic of the Congo | A ionoscopiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin); a new genus for the majority of species traditionally assigned to the genus Ophiopsis . The type species is "Ophiopsis" procerus Agassiz (1843); genus also contains "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Chen | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A non-parasemionotiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin). Originally described as a member of Ionoscopiformes; Zuoyu et al. (2017) transferred it to the separate order Panxianichthyiformes. [79] The type species is Panxianichthys imparilis. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Grogan & Lund | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | A ray-finned fish. Genus contains Paphosiscus circulocaudus and Paphosiscus scalmocristus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A combtooth blenny, a species of Parablennius . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gaudant et al. | Miocene | A member of Poeciliidae, a species of Paralebias . | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Taverne et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is Paranursallia spinosa; genus also contains "Nursallia" gutturosa Arambourg (1954). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Johnson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) | A member of Ophidiiformes. The type species is Pastorius methenyi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krupina in Lebedev et al. | Late Permian (Vyatkian) | A lungfish related to the Queensland lungfish. The type species is Permoceratodus gentilis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gaudant & Carnevale | Late Oligocene | A mojarra. The type species is Pharisatichthys aquensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene | Originally described as a species of Pomatoschistus , but subsequently transferred to the gobionelline genus Hellenigobius. [86] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić | Miocene (early Serravallian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | Early Cretaceous | A member of Aspidorhynchidae. The type species is Pseudovinctifer chilensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Kotlyar | Miocene | A member of Sparidae. The type species is Pshekharus yesinorum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Skrzycki | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A lungfish, a species of Ptychoceratodus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giles et al. | Devonian (Frasnian) | An early ray-finned fish. The type species is Raynerius splendens. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovalchuk | Late Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baykina | Miocene (Konkian-Sarmatian boundary) | A relative of the European pilchard. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Bannikov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. The type species is Scutatoclupea bacchiai; genus also includes "Triplomystus" applegatei Alvarado-Ortega & Ovalles-Damián (2008). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Coates | Devonian (Famennian) | A coelacanth. The type species is Serenichthys kowiensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gaudant | Late Miocene | A catfish belonging to the family Siluridae, a species of Silurus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peng et al. | Early Cretaceous | A sinamiid amiiform (a relative of the bowfin), a species of Sinamia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale | Miocene | Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Wu | Oligocene | Nima Basin | A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is Tchunglinius tchangii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko et al. | Miocene (early Serravallian) | A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Trewasciaena . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is T. wenzi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marramà & Carnevale | Early Eocene (late Ypresian) | A round herring. The type species is Trollichthys bolcensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Newbrey & Konishi | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A member of Aulopiformes. The type species is Ursichthys longiparietalis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gaudant et al. | Miocene | A species of Valencia . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Carnevale | Miocene | Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin | A wrasse. The type species is Wainwrightilabrus agassizi (Münster 1846). | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Sferco, López-Arbarello & Báez | Early Cretaceous | Koonwarra Beds | A teleost related to Luisiella feruglioi and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis; a new genus for "Leptolepis" koonwarri Waldman (1971). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu, Zhao & Shen | Middle Triassic | A member of Thoracopteridae. The type species is Wushaichthys exquisitus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smithson, Richards & Clack | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A lungfish. The type species is Xylognathus macrustenus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andreev et al. | Ordovician (Sandbian) | A possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Canyonlepis smithae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giles, Friedman & Brazeau | Early Devonian (middle Lochkovian) | A gnathostome related to the last common ancestor of cartilaginous fishes and bony fishes. The type species is Janusiscus schultzei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andreev et al. | Ordovician (Sandbian) | A possible cartilaginous fish, a relative of Altholepis . The type species is Tezakia hardingensis. | ||||
Apateodus is a genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish which was described by Woodward in 1901. It was a relative of modern lizardfish and lancetfish in the order Aulopiformes, and one of a number of prominent nektonic aulopiforms of Cretaceous marine ecosystems.
Ptychoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish living from Early Triassic to Middle Jurassic. It was established by Otto Jaekel for one species, transferred from Ceratodus genus. Type species is P. serratus from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and Germany. Ptychoceratodus had two pairs of massive dental plates, bearing 4-6 acute ridges. Its skull roof was composed from massive, plate-like bones. In the central part of skull roof was localized an unossified fenestra. Most of the Ptychoceratodus findings are isolated dental plates, some associated with jaws. Other parts of skull or postcranial skeleton are relatively rarely found as fossils. The anatomy of skull is the best recognized in P. serratus, whereas less complete cranial material is available also for P. concinuus, P. phillipsi, and P. rectangulus. Although Ptychoceratodus is known exclusively from the Triassic and Jurassic, there were also Cretaceous specimens referred to this genus. However, they are more often regarded as representants of Metaceratodus. Ptychoceratodus is the only member of the family Ptychoceratodontidae. The first named species is P. phillipsi by Louis Agassiz in 1837 as a species of Ceratodus and later moved to the genus Ptychoceratodus. Occurrences of Ptychoceratodus come mainly from Europe. However, occurrences from other continents suggest it was dispersed globally during the Triassic. After 2010, the new fossil material behind the Europe was reported from South America, India, and Greenland
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2010.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2012.
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.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of placoderms, fossil cartilaginous fishes and bony fishess of every kind that have been described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of placoderms, fossil cartilaginous fishes and bony fishess of every kind that have been described during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2015.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2016 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that have been described during the year 2016, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2016. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
This list of fossil fish described in 2018 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fish, bony fish, and other fish of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fish that are scheduled to occur in 2018.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2019 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes of every kind that were described during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2019.
This list of fossil fishes described in 2020 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes of every kind that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2020.
This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2015, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
This list of fossil fish research presented in 2021 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2021.
This list of fossil fish research presented in 2022 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2022.
This list of fossil fish research presented in 2023 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2023.
This list of fossil fish research presented in 2024 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2024.
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