2017 in paleoichthyology
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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.
Research
- A redescription of the Devonian lungfish Pentlandia macroptera will be published by Challands and den Blaauwen (2017).[1]
New taxa
Bony fishes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aphia macrophthalma[2] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby related to the transparent goby. |
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Benthophilus? ovisulcus[2] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby, possibly a tadpole goby. |
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Benthophilus styriacus[2] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A tadpole goby. |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Frederickson & Cifelli |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
Western North America |
A lungfish. |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Frederickson & Cifelli |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
Western North America |
A lungfish. |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Frederickson & Cifelli |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
Western North America |
A lungfish. |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Frederickson & Cifelli |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
Western North America |
A lungfish. |
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Economidichthys altidorsalis[2] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby, a species of Economidichthys. |
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Hesperichthys[2] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby. The type species is H. reductus; genus also includes "Hyrcanogobius" hesperis Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić (2015). |
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Karaganops[4] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
In press |
Baykina & Schwarzhans |
Miocene |
A member of Clupeidae. The type species is "Sardinella" perrata Daniltshenko (1970); genus also includes Karaganops komochtitziensis (Strashimirov, 1985). |
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Knipowitschia bulgarica[2] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby, a species of Knipowitschia. |
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Moldavichthys[5] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
In press |
Baykina & Schwarzhans |
Miocene |
A member of Alosinae. Genus includes new species M. switshenskae and possibly also "Clupea" gomotartziensis Strashimirov (1985). |
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Proneogobius[2] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
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Protobenthophilus[2] |
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
In press |
Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. |
Miocene |
A goby. The type species is P. squamatus; genus also includes P. strashimirovi. |
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Xenoceratodus[6] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Longrich |
Late Eocene |
A stem-lepidosireniform lungfish. The type species is X. labyrinthus. |
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References
- ↑ Tom Challands; Jan den Blaauwen (2017). "A redescription of the Middle Devonian dipnoan Pentlandia macroptera Traquair, 1889, and an assessment of the Phaneropleuridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. in press. doi:10.1111/zoj.12491.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Werner Schwarzhans; Harald Ahnelt; Giorgio Carnevale; Sanja Japundžić; Katarina Bradić; Andriy Bratishko (2017). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7.
- 1 2 3 4 Joseph A. Frederickson; Richard L. Cifelli (2017). "New Cretaceous lungfishes (Dipnoi, Ceratodontidae) from western North America". Journal of Paleontology. in press. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.131.
- ↑ Eugenia M. Baykina; Werner Schwarzhans (2017). "Description of Karaganops n. gen. perratus (Daniltshenko 1970) with otoliths in situ, an endemic Karaganian (Middle Miocene) herring (Clupeidae) in the Eastern Paratethys". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0115-4.
- ↑ E. M. Baykina; W. W. Schwarzhans (2017). "Review of "Clupea humilis" from the Sarmatian of Moldova and description of Moldavichthys switshenskae gen. et sp. nov.". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0121-6.
- ↑ Nicholas R. Longrich (2017). "A Stem Lepidosireniform Lungfish (Sarcopterygia: Dipnoi) from the Upper Eocene of Libya, North Africa and implications for Cenozoic lungfish evolution". Gondwana Research. 42: 140–150. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.007.