Eocoelopoma

Eocoelopoma Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	† Eocoelopomini
Genus:	† Eocoelopoma Woodward, 1901
Type species
†Eocoelopoma colei Woodward, 1901 ex Agassiz, 1845
Species
†E. coleiWoodward, 1901 †E. curvatumWoodward, 1901 †E. gigasCasier, 1952 †E. portentosumBannikov, 1985
Synonyms
†CoelopomaAgassiz, 1845 (name only)

Eocoelopoma (meaning "dawn hollow-cover" in Greek) is an extinct genus of prehistoric scombrid fish, related to mackerels and tunas, known from the Eocene of Eurasia. It contains several species known from the Early Eocene of England and Turkmenistan. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus name originates from Coelopoma, coined as a nomen nudum by Agassiz (1844). Two species in the genus were also named by Agassiz as nomina nuda, until they were given by Woodward (1901). ^{[4] [5]}

The following species are known: ^{[4] [5] [6]}

• †E. coleiWoodward, 1901 ex Agassiz, 1845 (type species) - early Eocene of England (London Clay) (=Coelopoma coleiAgassiz, 1845)
• †E. curvatumWoodward, 1901 ex Owen, 1854 - early Eocene of England (London Clay) (=Coelopoma laeveAgassiz, 1844, Coelopoma curvatum Owen, 1854)
• †E. gigasCasier, 1966 - early Eocene of England (London Clay)
• †E. portentosumBannikov, 1985 - earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan (Danata Formation) ^[2]

The former species E. hopwoodi has been reassigned to its own genus, Micrornatus . ^[5]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Monsch, Kenneth A.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2011). "New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR" . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 102 (4): 253–300. doi:10.1017/S1755691011010085. ISSN   1755-6910.
3. Beckett, Hermione T.; Friedman, Matt (2016). "The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus (Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography" . Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 337–353. doi:10.1144/SP430.16.
4. Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
5. Monsch, Kenneth A. (2004). "Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England" . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 95 (3–4): 445–489. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001164. ISSN   1755-6929.
6. Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten" . Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. doi:10.1144/SP430.18.