Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

• Autorzy: Schwarzhans W. , Scofield R. P. , tennyson A. J. D. , Worthy J. P. , Worthy T. H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Fish remains described from the early Miocene lacustrine Bannockburn Formation of Central Otago, New Zealand, consist of several thousand otoliths and one skeleton plus another disintegrated skull. One species, Mataichthys bictenatus Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson, and T. Worthy gen. et sp. nov., an eleotrid, is established on a skeleton with otoliths in situ. The soft embedding rock and delicate, three−dimensionally preserved fish bones were studied by CT−scanning technology rather than physical preparation, except where needed to extract the otolith. Fourteen species of fishes are described, 12 new to science and two in open nomenclature, representing the families Galaxiidae (Galaxias angustiventris, G. bobmcdowalli, G. brevicauda, G. papilionis, G. parvirostris, G. tabidus), Retropinnidae (Prototroctes modestus, P. vertex), and Eleotridae (Mataichthys bictenatus, M. procerus, M. rhinoceros, M. taurinus). These findings prove that most of the current endemic New Zealand/southern Australia freshwater fish fauna was firmly established in New Zealand as early as 19–16 Ma ago. Most fish species indicate the presence of large fishes, in some cases larger than Recent species of related taxa, for instance in the eleotrid genus Mataichthys when compared to the extant Gobiomorphus. The finding of a few otoliths from marine fishes corroborates the age determination of the Bannockburn Formation as the Altonian stage of the New Zealand marine Tertiary stratigraphy.

Słowa kluczowe

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fish remains; remains; otolith; Early Miocene; Miocene; Otago; New Zealand; Pisces; Eleotridae; Galaxiidae; Retropinnidae; Mataichthys; freshwater fish; Bannockburn Formation; Mataichthys bictenatus; Galaxias angustiventris; Galaxias bobmcdowalli; Galaxias brevicauda; Galaxias papilionis; Galaxias parvirostris; Galaxias tabidus; Prototroctes modestus; Prototroctes vertex; Mataichthys procerus; Mataichthys rhinoceros; Mataichthys taurinus

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 57
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.319-350,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

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Schwarzhans W.

• Ahrensburger Weg 103, 22359 Hamburg, Germany

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Scofield R. P.

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tennyson A. J. D.

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Worthy J. P.

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Worthy T. H.

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