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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.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Pteraspidomorphi. Genus includes new species A. falcata. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Shan et al. | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Traquairaspidiformes belonging to the family Traquairaspididae. Genus includes new species A. lacruma. The generic name is shared with Anomalaspis Brennan (1952). [3] | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ctenaspidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ariaspidae. | |||||
Ariaspis majuscula [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ariaspidae. | ||||
Ariaspis multijubata [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ariaspidae. | ||||
Ariaspis nassichuki [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ariaspidae. | ||||
Ariaspis perryi [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Ariaspidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Protopteraspididae. | |||||
Canadapteraspis uniformis [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Protopteraspididae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Corvaspidiformes and the family Corvaspididae. | |||||
Corvaspis porphyretica [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Corvaspidiformes and the family Corvaspididae. | ||||
Corvaspis woodwardi [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Corvaspidiformes and the family Corvaspididae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Protopteraspididae. Genus includes new species D. borea. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | |||||
Dinaspidella tenuicostata [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes E. borealis (Denison, 1963), as well as new species E. goodsiri, E. lata and E. solitaria. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Cyathaspidiformes. Genus includes new species G. mutabilis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Cyathaspidiformes and the family Jarvikaspididae. Genus includes new species G. incohata. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci. Genus includes new species I. dimidiata and I. reinsoni. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Cyathaspidiformes; the type genus of the new family Jarvikaspididae. Genus includes new species J. arctica and J. mauryensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Shan, Zhao & Gai | Silurian (Telychian) | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species K. boothiaensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Weigeltaspidiformes and the family Weigeltaspididae. Genus includes new species O. magnijubata and O. loefflerae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species P. franklini. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | |||||
Pionaspis rossi [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species P. miranda and possibly P? abbottensis. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species P. prolatata and P. smithbayensis. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species P. aquilonaris and P. minima. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Shan et al. | Silurian (Telychian) | Qingshui Formation | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes belonging to the family Shuyuidae. The type species is Q. junqingi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Natlaspidiformes and the family Rimasventeraspididae. | |||||
Rimasventeraspis? septentrionalis [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Natlaspidiformes and the family Rimasventeraspididae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Cyathaspidiformes. Genus includes new species S. polaris. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. Genus includes new species T. tersa. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Cyathaspidiformes and the family Jarvikaspididae. Genus includes new species T. canadensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Weigeltaspidiformes; the type genus of the new family Toraspididae. Genus includes new species T. somersetensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Traquairaspidiformes belonging to the family Traquairaspididae. | |||||
Traquairaspis pristina [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Traquairaspidiformes belonging to the family Traquairaspididae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Protopteraspididae. Genus includes new species T. sicula. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gai et al. | Silurian (Telychian) | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes; the anatomy of its articulated remains indicates that galeaspids possessed three unpaired dorsal fins, an approximately symmetrical hypochordal tail and a pair of continuous ventrolateral fins. The type species is T. vividus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | |||||
Vernonaspis parryi [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | ||||
Vernonaspis suffusca [1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of the family Cyathaspididae. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Heterostraci belonging to the group Corvaspidiformes; the type genus of the new family Westollaspididae. Genus includes new species W. hyperborea, W. cordata and W. gigas. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thorsteinsson & Elliott | A member of Traquairaspidiformes belonging to the family Traquairaspididae. Genus includes new species W. spinifera. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes belonging to the family Eugaleaspidae. The type species is X. magnus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Silurian (Llandovery) | A member of Eugaleaspidiformes. Genus includes new species Y. littoralis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jobbins et al. | A member of the family Selenosteidae. The type species is A. trinajsticae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhu, Li, Ahlberg & Zhu in Zhu et al. | Silurian (Telychian) | Huixingshao Formation | The type species is X. mirabilis. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Collareta et al. | A species of Carcharhinus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | A member of the family Somniosidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Malyshkina et al. | Miocene | A species of Dalatias . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siversson, Cederström & Ryan | A member of Lamniformes. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov in Ivanov et al. | Permian | A member of the family Sphenacanthidae. The type species is D. radiata. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. [24] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pollerspöck & Straube | Late Oligocene and early Miocene | A member of the family Dalatiidae. Genus includes new species D. bracheri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Gerhartsreit Formation | A member of the family Etmopteridae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andreev, Sansom, Li, Zhao & Zhu in Andreev et al. | Silurian (probably Aeronian) | A probable relative of climatiid "acanthodians". The type species is F. renovata. | ||||
Gen et sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Gerhartsreit Formation | A member of Squaliformes of uncertain affinities. The type species is F. eximia. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov | A member of Euselachii belonging to the family Protacrodontidae. The type species is G. serratus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov | Carboniferous (Bashkirian–Gzhelian) | Zilim Formation | A member of Ctenacanthiformes belonging to the family Heslerodidae. The type species is H. triangularis. | |||
Sp. nov | Wen et al. | A member of Hybodontiformes. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Gerhartsreit Formation | A member of the family Etmopteridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Gerhartsreit Formation | A member of the family Somniosidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andreev, Sansom, Li, Zhao & Zhu in Andreev et al. | Silurian (probably Aeronian) | An early jawed vertebrate, likely a stem-chondrichthyan. The type species is Q. duplicis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov | Carboniferous (Moscovian–Gzhelian) | Russia | A shark of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. flexus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri, Knight & Ebersole | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A species of Scyliorhinus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhu, Li, Ahlberg & Zhu in Zhu et al. | Silurian (Telychian) | Huixingshao Formation | A stem-chondrichthyan. The type species is S. vermiformis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrillo-Briceño & Cadena | A member of Hybodontiformes belonging to the family Acrodontidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Adnet & Charpentier | Miocene (Aquitanian) | A stingray, a species of Taeniurops . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Acentrogobius . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hilton & Grande | A species of Acipenser . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hilton & Grande | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Hell Creek Formation | A species of Acipenser. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Possibly a member of Polymixiiformes. The type species is A. alienus. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Amblyeleotris . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Ancistrogobius . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Anisotremus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Keupp | A member of Actinopterygii of uncertain affinities. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marramà, Giusberti & Carnevale | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of the family Apogonidae belonging to the subfamily Apogoninae. The type species is A. deangelii. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | Possibly a species of Argentina . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Than-Marchese & Alvarado-Ortega | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Astroscopus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Brownstein & Lyson | Paleogene (Danian) | A gar, a species of Atractosteus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Schwarzhans | A species of Bellottia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Schwarzhans | Miocene (Tortonian and Messinian) | A species of Benthosema . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Bidenichthys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Originally described as a species of Blennius , but subsequently transferred to the genus Thalassoma . [74] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Higashibessho Formation | A species of Bolinichthys . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Schwarzhans | Miocene (Messinian) | A species of Bostrychus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Zorzin | Eocene | A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Buenia . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | De Figueiredo & Gallo | Early Cretaceous | A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes; a new genus for "Ellimma" cruzae Santos (1990). | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Callionymus . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Argyriou et al. | A member of the family Enchodontidae. The type species is C. pavlakiensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Ariidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of the family Pantodontidae. The type species is C. pankowskii. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans & Jagt | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A species of Centroberyx . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Ceratoscopelus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marramà, Giusberti & Carnevale | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A species of Chaetodon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Plax | Lepel Beds | An early ray-finned fish. | ||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Pebas Formation | A species of Cichlasoma . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Cirripectes . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A member of the family Citharidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stack & Gottfried | Minnekahta Limestone | An early ray-finned fish with anatomical features of the paraphyletic "paleoniscoids". The type species is C. minnekahtaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Nam, Nazarkin & Bannikov | Early Miocene | Geumgwangdong Formation | A species of Coreoperca . | |||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A species of Coris . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brownstein | Late Paleocene to early Eocene | A gar. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Diaphus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Diaphus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Diaphus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Diaphus. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Grădianu, Bordeianu & Codrea | Oligocene | Bituminous Marls Formation | A species of Dicentrarchus . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Drombus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A member of Albuliformes. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stringer, Parmley & Quinn | A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is E. ebersolei. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Fibramia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Fowleria . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | In press | Ribeiro, Bockmann & Poyato-Ariza | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A member of the family Chanidae; a new genus for "Dastilbe" moraesi Silva-Santos (1955). | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | Possibly a species of Fusigobius . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | A teleost of uncertain affinities, possibly near Albuliformes. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cooper et al. | A member of the family Pachycormidae belonging to the subfamily Asthenocorminae. The type species is G. pectopteri. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brzobohatý, Zahradníková & Hudáčková | Miocene | Vienna Basin | A species of Gerres . | |||
"aff. Glyptophidium " stringeri [66] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A cusk-eel. Subsequently transferred to the genus Baobythites by Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi (2024). [92] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Gnathophis . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Gobiodon . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Gobius . | ||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A species of Gobius. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Gobius. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A possible species of Gobius. | ||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A species of Gobius. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Kim et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of Osteoglossomorpha. The type species is H. lui. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | A member of Aulopiformes belonging to the family Ichthyotringidae. | |||
Ichthyotringa pindica [79] | Sp. nov | Valid | Argyriou et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Shen & Arratia | Triassic | A member of the family Thoracopteridae. Genus includes "Thoracopterus" magnificus Tintori & Sassi (1987) and "Thoracopterus" martinisi Tintori & Sassi (1992). | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | Possibly a species of Jaydia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sferco et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Jenynsia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gouiric-Cavalli & Arratia | A member of Pachycormiformes. Genus includes new species K. lafken. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Kryptophanaron . | ||||
Gen et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bakaev in Esin & Bakaev | Permian | An early ray-finned fish belonging to the group Palaeonisciformes and the family Palaeoniscidae. The type species is K. gubini Esin & Bakaev; genus also includes K. dozmerensis Esin & Bakaev. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. [97] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Lampadena . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene (Langhian) | A species of Lampanyctus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Lampanyctus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Takakura Formation | A species of Lampanyctus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Keupp | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Amaltheenton Formation | Extinct species of ray finned fish. | |||
Leptolepis steberae [67] | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Keupp | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Amaltheenton Formation | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl, Kaur & Murray | A cichlid belonging to the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. The type species is L. fugacior. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Gallo et al. | A member of the family Semionotidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Gracia et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Makaira . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Gracia et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Makaira. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | Upper Prosanto Formation | A member of Teleosteomorpha belonging to the family Marcopoloichthyidae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Gobiidae belonging to the Priolepis lineage within the subfamily Gobiinae. The type species is M. renesulcis; genus also includes M. podolicus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Mene . | ||||
Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Bulanov, Minikh & Golubev | Permian | A member of Eurynotoidiformes. The type species is M. primus. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. [103] | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Reichenbacher & Bannikov | Miocene | A member of the family Gobiidae. The type species is M. helenae; genus also includes "Knipowitschia" suavis Schwarzhans (2014). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Gracia et al. | Late Miocene | Chagres Formation | A marlin. The type species is M. donosochagrense. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A member of the family Muraenesocidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Neoopisthopterus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Langhian) | A species of Nezumia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Grande & Wilson in Grande et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A member of the family Gonorynchidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Alvarado-Ortega & Alves | A member of Crossognathiformes belonging to the family Notelopidae. The type species is N. nerivelai. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Micklich & Bannikov | A member of the family Veliferidae. The type species is O. unterfeldensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Carnevale | Eocene (Bartonian) | Marne di Monte Piano Formation | A lanternfish. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marramà, Giusberti & Carnevale | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of the family Apogonidae belonging to the subfamily Pseudaminae. The type species is O. iancurtisi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marramà, Giusberti & Carnevale | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of the family Gobiidae. The type species is O. akihitoi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Pagellus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giles et al. | Chadakoin Formation | An early ray-finned fish with affinities to post-Devonian species Wendyichthys dicksoni and Cyranorhis bergeraci. Genus includes new species P. clackorum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Oligocene | Shangganchaigou Formation | A member of the family Cyprinidae related to Schizothorax . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Paraconger . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A member of the family Congridae. Originally described as a species of Paraconger; subsequently transferred to the genus Protanago by Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi (2024). [92] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Parascombrops . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | A species of Paraulopus . | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Schwarzhans, Klots & Kovalchuk in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Gobiidae belonging to the subfamily Gobiinae and the tribe Gobiosomatini. The type species is P. inauditus; genus also includes P. kiselevi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Zorzin | Eocene | Monte Bolca | A member of Percoidei belonging to the family Pavarottiidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Pebas Formation | A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is P. amazonensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Richter et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | A deep-scaled ray-finned fish. Genus includes new species P. rogersmithii. | |||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Pebas Formation | A species of Plagioscion . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olive, Taverne & Brito | ||||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Pebas Formation | A species of Pogonias . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Schrøder et al. | Eocene | A beardfish. Genus includes new species P. fluere. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Prionotus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Pristigenys . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans & Jagt | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Vaals Formation | A member of Holocentriformes of uncertain affinities. The type species is P. janjanssensi. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | De Gracia et al. | Miocene (Messinian) | A marlin. The type species is "Xiphiorhynchus" courcelli Arambourg (1927). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A species of Pseudophichthys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Pythonichthys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Saurenchelys . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Fang & Wu | Late Triassic | Junggar Basin | ||||
Saurichthys taotie [117] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fang et al. | Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov & Erebakan | Miocene | A species of Scomber . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schultze et al. | A member of Teleosteomorpha of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. parva. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans & Jagt | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Vaals Formation | A member of Holocentriformes of uncertain affinities. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Carolin et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Quilon Formation | A species of Siphamia . | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Carnevale et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Congridae. The type species is "Pseudoxenomystax" treldeensis Schwarzhans (2007); genus also includes "Bathycongrus" waihaoensis Schwarzhans (2019). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Snyderina . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Murray | Daban Series | A cichlid belonging to the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. The type species is S. hadrocephalus. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | De Gracia et al. | Late Miocene | A marlin. The type species is "Istiophorus" calvertensis Berry (1917). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Murray, Chida & Holmes | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Aulopiformes belonging to the group Enchodontoidei. Genus includes new species S. pankowskiae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Kurosedani Formation | A species of Stenobrachius . | |||
Sp. nov | Nam & Nazarkin | Miocene | A species of Stenobrachius. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bogan & Agnolin | Late Miocene | A species of Sturisomatichthys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A cusk-eel. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yuan et al. | A member of the family Perleididae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Schwarzhans, Stringer & Welton | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Pawpaw Formation | Possibly a member of Polymixiiformes. The type species is T. cyclogaster. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brzobohatý, Zahradníková & Hudáčková | Miocene | Vienna Basin | A species of Thorogobius . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers | Pliocene | A species of Thorogobius. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Kovalchuk | Miocene | A species of Trachinus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | Pebas Formation | A species of Umbrina . | ||||
Gen et comb. nov | Valid | Bulanov, Minikh & Golubev | Permian | Poldarsa/Poldarskaya Formation | A member of Eurynotoidiformes. The type species is "Isadia" opokiensis Minikh & Andrushkevich (2017). Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. [103] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin & Nolf | Eocene | A member of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae. | ||||
Xinjiangodus [127] | Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Zhou et al. | Late Cretaceous | Donggou Formation | A member of the family Pycnodontidae. Genus includes new species X. gyrodoides. The generic name is preoccupied by Xinjiangodus Yue & Gao (1992). | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Announced in 2021; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2022. | |||||
Ceratodus shishkini [149] | Sp. nov | Valid | Minikh | Triassic | Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. [149] | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Luo et al. | A lungfish. The type species is D. huizeensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Brownstein & Bissell | Triassic | A coelacanth. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Downs & Daeschler | Devonian (Frasnian) | A member of the family Tristichopteridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ferrante, Menkveld-Gfeller & Cavin | A coelacanth belonging to the family Latimeriidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stewart et al. | Devonian (Frasnian) | An elpistostegalian. The type species is Q. wakei. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smirnova | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Panzeri et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A lungfish belonging to the family Ceratodontidae. The type species is R. salvadori. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A bony fish of uncertain affinities, possibly a lobe-finned fish. Genus includes new species P. waurikensis. | ||||||
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 2008.
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.
Hybodontiformes, commonly called hybodonts, are an extinct group of shark-like cartilaginous fish (chondrichthyans) which existed from the late Devonian to the Late Cretaceous. Hybodonts share a close common ancestry with modern sharks and rays (Neoselachii) as part of the clade Euselachii. They are distinguished from other chondrichthyans by their distinctive fin spines and cephalic spines present on the heads of males. An ecologically diverse group, they were abundant in marine and freshwater environments during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic, but were rare in open marine environments by the end of the Jurassic, having been largely replaced by modern sharks, though they were still common in freshwater and marginal marine habitats. They survived until the end of the Cretaceous, before going extinct.
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.
Egg fossils are the fossilized remains of eggs laid by ancient animals. As evidence of the physiological processes of an animal, egg fossils are considered a type of trace fossil. Under rare circumstances a fossil egg may preserve the remains of the once-developing embryo inside, in which case it also contains body fossils. A wide variety of different animal groups laid eggs that are now preserved in the fossil record beginning in the Paleozoic. Examples include invertebrates like ammonoids as well as vertebrates like fishes, possible amphibians, and reptiles. The latter group includes the many dinosaur eggs that have been recovered from Mesozoic strata. Since the organism responsible for laying any given egg fossil is frequently unknown, scientists classify eggs using a parallel system of taxonomy separate from but modeled after the Linnaean system. This "parataxonomy" is called veterovata.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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 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.
Sunil Bajpai is the Chair Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He is in service as a professor at IIT Roorkee since 1st January 1996 till 30 September 2026. He also served as the director of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences from January 2013 to July 2018.
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