2011 in paleoichthyology

Fishes

Newly named jawless vertebrates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Althaspis tarloi[1]

sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Dniester Formation

A heterostracan

Djurinaspis secunda[1]

sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Tyver Formation

A heterostracan

Lechriaspis[2]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Elliott
  • Petriello

Early Devonian

Water Canyon Formation

A heterostracan

Palanasaspis[1]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Dniester Formation

A heterostracan

Podolaspis danieli[1]

sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Dniester Formation

A heterostracan

Poraspis thomasi[2]

Species

Valid

  • Elliott
  • Petriello

Early Devonian

Lost Burro Formation

A heterostracan

Semipodolaspis[1]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Tyver Formation

A heterostracan

Shuyu[3]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

Late Telychian/Early Wenlock

Maoshan Formation

The basalmost known eugaleaspidiform galeaspid.

Zenaspis kasymyri[1]

sp.

Valid

  • Voichyshyn

Early Devonian

Dniester Formation

A osteostracan

Newly named acanthodian

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Nerepisacanthus[4]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Burrow

?Telychian/Ludlow

Cunningham Creek Formation

An acritolepid ischnacanthiform.

Newly named placoderms

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Draconichthys elegans[5]

Valid

  • Rücklin

Frasnian

Anti-Atlas Mountains

 Morocco

A piscivorous selenosteid arthrodire

Newly named cartilaginous fishes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cederstroemia ziaensis[6]

Species

Valid

  • Bourdon et al.

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

Point Lookout Sandstone

A carpet shark, a species of Cederstroemia.

Dwardius sudindicus[7]

Species

Valid

Early Cenomanian

Karai Formation

An otodontid.

Eorhinoptera[8]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Case, Cook & Wilson

Early Eocene (Ypresian)

Fishburne Formation

A stingray related to the genus Rhinoptera. The type species is Eorhinoptera grabdai.

Ertychius[9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Ginter, Hairapetian & Grigoryan

Devonian (early Famennian)

A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Ertychius intermedius.

Fayolia sharovi[10]

Species

Valid

Middle/Late Triassic

Madygen Formation

Egg capsules of a probable xenacanthid.

Gladioserratus[7]

Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Underwood
  • Goswami
  • et al.

Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to Paleocene (Danian) or possibly even early Eocene[11]

A cow shark, a new genus for "Notidanus" aptiensis (Pictet, 1865). Genus also contains a new species Gladioserratus magnus; it might also contain Eocene species "Notorynchus" serratissimus Agassiz (1843).[11]

Karksiodus[12]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Ivanov, Märss & Kleesment

Devonian (Givetian)

A member of Elasmobranchii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Karksiodus mirus.

Kawichthys[13]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Late Virgilian

Douglas Group

A symmoriiform.

Lissodus lusavorichi[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Ginter, Hairapetian & Grigoryan

Devonian (late Famennian)

A lonchidiid hybodontiform, a species of Lissodus.

Lonchidion ferganensis[10]

Species

Valid

  • Fischer
  • Voigt
  • et al.

Middle/Late Triassic

Madygen Formation

A hybodontid shark.

Moerigaleus[14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Underwood & Ward

Late Eocene

A hemigaleid. The type species is Moerigaleus vitreodon.

Palaeoxyris alterna[10]

Species

Valid

  • Fischer
  • Voigt
  • et al.

Middle/Late Triassic

Madygen Formation

A hybodontid shark.

Ptychodus atcoensis[15]

Species

Valid

  • Hamm
  • Cicimurri

Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian)

Atco Formation

A species of Ptychodus.

Pueblocarcharias[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Bourdon et al.

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

Point Lookout Sandstone

A sand shark. The type species is Pueblocarcharias kawaikensis.

Reginaselache[16]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Turner
  • Burrow

Middle Viséan

Ducabrook Formation

A xenacanthiform.

Scapanorhynchus puercoensis[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Bourdon et al.

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

Point Lookout Sandstone

A mitsukurinid, a species of Scapanorhynchus.

Scindocorax[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Bourdon et al.

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

Point Lookout Sandstone

An anacoracid. The type species is Scindocorax novimexicanus.

Tassiliodus[17]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Derycke
  • Goujet

Emsian, Devonian

An euselachian.

Texatrygon stouti[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Bourdon et al.

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

Point Lookout Sandstone

A relative of Ptychotrygon and sclerorhynchids, a species of Texatrygon.

Newly named bony fishes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Apogon dominans[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A cardinalfish, a species of Apogon.

"genus aff. Apogon" viaboadai[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A cardinalfish related to member of the genus Apogon.

Araripichthys weberi[19]

Species

Valid

  • Alvarado-Ortega
  • Brito

Albian

Tlayúa Formation

An elopocephalan, a species of Araripichthys.

Astroscopus countermani[20]

Species

Valid

  • Carnevale, Godfrey & Pietsch

Miocene (Tortonian)

St. Marys Formation

A stargazer, a species of Astroscopus.

Aulorhamphus chiarasorbiniae[21]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Tyler & Bannikov

Eocene

Monte Bolca locality

An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform, a species of Aulorhamphus.

Beishanichthys[22]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Xu
  • Gao

Early Triassic

A scanilepiform.

Belonostomus lamarquensis[23]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Bogan
  • Taverne
  • Agnolin

Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)

Allen Formation

An aspidorhynchiform.

Bourbonnella jocelynae[24]

Species

Valid

  • Mickle

Carboniferous

Manning Canyon Shale Formation

An aeduellid.

Caucasichthys[25]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Bannikov
  • Carnevale
  • Parin

Bartonian

A perciform.

Chaetodipterus steurbauti[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A spadefish, a species of Chaetodipterus.

Dapedium stollorum[26]

Species

Valid

  • Thies
  • Hauff

Early Toarcian

A species of Dapedium.

Guntherichthys[24]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Mickle

Carboniferous

Manning Canyon Shale Formation

A ’palaeoniscoid’.

Gwawinapterus

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Arbour
  • Currie

Campanian

Northumberland Formation

Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur,[27] but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.[28]

Laccognathus embryi[29]

Species

Valid

Frasnian

Fram Formation

A porolepiform sarcopterygian.

Lepidotes pankowskii[30]

Species

Valid

  • Forey
  • López-Arbarello
  • MacLeod

Cenomanian

Kem Kem Beds

A species of Lepidotes.

Leufuichthys[31]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gallo
  • Calvo
  • Kellner

Turonian/Coniacian

Portezuelo Formation

A clupeomorph.

Mene iberica[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A species of Mene.

Mimipiscis[32]

Nom. nov.

Valid

  • Choo

Upper Devonian

Gogo Formation

A new generic name for Mimia Gardiner & Bartram (1977). The type species is Mimipiscis toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram 1977).

Mimipiscis bartrami[32]

Species

Valid

  • Choo

Upper Devonian

Gogo Formation

A second species of Mimipiscis.

Neocybium parvidentatum[33]

Species

Valid

  • Monsch
  • Bannikov

Eocene (Bartonian)

A Spanish mackerel, a species of Neocybium.

Onuxodon yebraensis[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A pearlfish, a species of Onuxodon.

Pardachirus izarrae[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Brzobohatý
  • Nolf

Eocene (Bartonian)

A sole, a species of Pardachirus.

Pavarottia[34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Bannikov & Zorzin

Eocene

Monte Bolca locality

A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pavarottia lonardonii.

Pesciarhamphus[35]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Tyler & Bannikov

Eocene (Ypresian or Lutetian)

Monte Bolca locality

An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform. The type species is Pesciarhamphus carnevalei.

Pietschellus[36]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Bannikov
  • Carnevale

Ypresian

Monte Bolca

A percomorph.

Robertannia[37]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Bannikov

Eocene

Monte Bolca locality

A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to Hendrixella grandei. The type species is Robertannia sorbiniorum.

Scheenstia[38]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • López-Arbarello
  • Sferco

Late Jurassic

A semionotiform.

Sharfia[39]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Pietsch
  • Carnevale

Eocene (late Ypresian)

Monte Bolca locality

A goosefish. The type species is Sharfia mirabilis.

Sinosaurichthys[40]

Gen. et 3 sp.

Valid

Anisian

Guanling Formation

A saurichthyid.

Sorbinichthys africanus[41]

Species

Valid

  • Murray
  • Wilson

Cenomanian or Turonian

Akrabou Formation

A species of Sorbinichthys.

Spinofacia[24]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Mickle

Carboniferous

Manning Canyon Shale Formation

A ’palaeoniscoid’.

Notes

  1. Gai, Donoghue, Zhu, Janvier, Stampanoni.
  2. Underwood, Goswami Prasad, Verma and Flynn
  3. Fischer, Voigt, Schneider, Buchwitz and Voigt
  4. Pradel, Tafforeau, Maisey, Janvier.
  5. Downs, Daeschler, Jenkins and Shubin.
  6. Wu, Sun, Xu, Hao, Jiang, Sun.

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