Beaumontoperca

Beaumontoperca Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Moronidae
Genus:	† Beaumontoperca Gaudant, 2000
Species:	†B. beaumonti
Binomial name
†Beaumontoperca beaumonti (Agassiz, 1836)
Synonyms
Perca beaumontiAgassiz, 1836

Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of freshwater or estuarine temperate bass known from Late Oligocene. It contains a single species, B. beaumonti, from the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of Aix-en-Provence, France. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Initially described by Louis Agassiz as Perca beaumonti, it was moved into its own genus, Beaumontoperca, in 2000 following further studies. It is considered to likely be a member of the Moronidae due to the morphology of its saccular otolith. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
2. Gaudant, Jean (2000-08-01). "New observations on some Percoid fishes (Teleostei) from European Cenozoic fresh and brackish waters" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 217 (2): 199–244. doi:10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/199. ISSN   0077-7749.
3. Gaudant, Jean; Nel, André; Nury, Denise; Véran, Monette; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-08-01). "The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants" . Comptes Rendus Palevol. Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle. 17 (7): 460–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002. ISSN   1631-0683.
4. Gaudant, Jean; Carnevale, Giorgio (2015). "Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp. : un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France)". Geodiversitas. 37 (1): 109–118. doi:10.5252/g2015n1a5. hdl: 2318/1537820 . ISSN   1280-9659.