Ophidiiform fishes from the Oligocene-early Miocene of Moravia, Czech Republic

 

Authors: Přikryl T, Carnevale G

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 93, issue 4; pages: 477 - 489; Received 12 August 2018; Accepted in revised form 10 October 2018; Online 8 November 2018

Keywords: Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae, Brosmophycinae, Paratethys, Oligocene, early Miocene,

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Abstract

Oligocene (Rupelian) and Oligocene-lower Miocene (Egerian) fossiliferous deposits from Moravia (Czech Republic) provided several specimens of ophidiiform fishes that are described herein and assigned to three species-level taxa. The Rupelian taxa are known from three specimens each coming from a different locality (Nikolčice, Loučka, Mouchnice), and are recognized herein referred to as two separate species; one of these is of unknown position within Ophidiiformes (“Brotula” longipinnata), and the other is assigned to the family Bythitidae (Propteridium profondae). The only available specimen collected from Egerian sediments of the Krumvíř locality is assigned to a new brosmophycine bythitid genus and species, Kalabisia krumvirensis gen. & sp. nov. The Oligocene to early Miocene record of Ophidiiformes of the Paratethyan realm is also provided.

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