Fishes
Newly named jawless vertebrates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlthaspis tarloisp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianDniester Formation A heterostracanDjurinaspis secundasp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianTyver Formation A heterostracanLechriaspisGen. et sp.Valid Elliott PetrielloEarly DevonianWater Canyon Formation A heterostracanPalanasaspisGen. et sp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianDniester Formation A heterostracanPodolaspis danielisp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianDniester Formation A heterostracanPoraspis thomasiSpeciesValid Elliott PetrielloEarly DevonianLost Burro Formation A heterostracanSemipodolaspisGen. et sp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianTyver Formation A heterostracanShuyu Electronic supplementary materialGen. et comb.Valid Gai Donoghue et al.Gai, Donoghue, Zhu, Janvier, Stampanoni.Late Telychian/Early WenlockMaoshan Formation The basalmost known eugaleaspidiform galeaspid.Zenaspis kasymyrisp.Valid VoichyshynEarly DevonianDniester Formation A osteostracan
Newly named acanthodian Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesNerepisacanthusGen. et sp.Valid Burrow?Telychian/LudlowCunningham Creek Formation An acritolepid ischnacanthiform.
Newly named placoderms
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArabosteusValid Olive et al.Early DevonianJauf FormationA member of Acanthothoraci. The type species is Arabosteus variabilis.Draconichthys elegansValid RücklinFrasnianAnti-Atlas MountainsA piscivorous selenosteid arthrodire
Newly named cartilaginous fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCederstroemia ziaensisSpeciesValid Bourdon et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian)Point Lookout Sandstone A carpet shark, a species of Cederstroemia.Dwardius sudindicusSpeciesValid Underwood Goswami et al.Underwood, Goswami Prasad, Verma and FlynnEarly CenomanianKarai Formation An otodontid.EorhinopteraGen. et sp. novValid Case, Cook & WilsonEarly Eocene (Ypresian)Fishburne Formation A stingray related to the genus Rhinoptera. The type species is Eorhinoptera grabdai.ErtychiusGen. et sp. novValid Ginter, Hairapetian & GrigoryanDevonian (early Famennian) A ctenacanthiform. The type species is Ertychius intermedius.Fayolia sharoviSpeciesValid Fischer Voigt et al.Fischer, Voigt, Schneider, Buchwitz and VoigtMiddle/Late TriassicMadygen Formation Egg capsules of a probable xenacanthid.GladioserratusGen. et comb. et sp. novValid Underwood Goswami et al.Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to Paleocene (Danian) or possibly even early Eocene
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).KarksiodusGen. et sp. novValid Ivanov, Märss & KleesmentDevonian (Givetian) A member of Elasmobranchii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Karksiodus mirus.KawichthysGen. et sp.Valid Pradel Tafforeau et al.Pradel, Tafforeau, Maisey, Janvier.Late VirgilianDouglas Group A symmoriiform.Lissodus lusavorichiSp. novValid Ginter, Hairapetian & GrigoryanDevonian (late Famennian) A lonchidiid hybodontiform, a species of Lissodus.Lonchidion ferganensisSpeciesValid Fischer Voigt et al.Middle/Late TriassicMadygen Formation A hybodontid shark.MoerigaleusGen. et sp. novValid Underwood & WardLate Eocene A hemigaleid. The type species is Moerigaleus vitreodon.Palaeoxyris alternaSpeciesValid Fischer Voigt et al.Middle/Late TriassicMadygen Formation A hybodontid shark.Ptychodus atcoensisSpeciesValid Hamm CicimurriLate Cretaceous (early Coniacian)Atco Formation A species of Ptychodus.PueblocarchariasGen. et sp. novValid Bourdon et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian)Point Lookout Sandstone A sand shark. The type species is Pueblocarcharias kawaikensis.ReginaselacheGen. et sp.Valid Turner BurrowMiddle ViséanDucabrook Formation A xenacanthiform.Scapanorhynchus puercoensisSp. novValid Bourdon et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian)Point Lookout Sandstone A mitsukurinid, a species of Scapanorhynchus.ScindocoraxGen. et sp. novValid Bourdon et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian)Point Lookout Sandstone An anacoracid. The type species is Scindocorax novimexicanus.TassiliodusGen. et sp.Valid Derycke GoujetEmsian, Devonian A euselachian.Texatrygon stoutiSp. novValid 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 ImagesApogon dominansSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A cardinalfish, a species of Apogon."genus aff. Apogon" viaboadaiSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A cardinalfish related to members of the genus Apogon.ApricenaichthysGen. et sp. novValid TaverneLate Cretaceous (Santonian) A beardfish. The type species is Apricenaichthys italicus.Araripichthys weberiSpeciesValid Alvarado-Ortega BritoAlbianTlayúa Formation An elopocephalan, a species of Araripichthys.Arius subtilisSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian and Selandian) An ariid catfish, a species of Arius.Astroscopus countermaniSpeciesValid Carnevale, Godfrey & PietschMiocene (Tortonian)St. Marys Formation A stargazer, a species of Astroscopus.Aulorhamphus chiarasorbiniaeSp. novValid Tyler & BannikovEoceneMonte Bolca locality An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform, a species of Aulorhamphus.BeishanichthysGen. et sp.Valid Xu GaoEarly Triassic A scanilepiform.Belonostomus lamarquensisSp. novValid Bogan Taverne AgnolinLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)Allen Formation An aspidorhynchiform.Bourbonnella jocelynaeSpeciesValid MickleCarboniferousManning Canyon Shale Formation An aeduellid."genus Bythitidarum" rozenbergiSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A viviparous brotula of uncertain generic assignment.CaucasichthysGen. et sp.Valid Bannikov Carnevale ParinBartonian A perciform.Centroberyx anguinicaudaSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Berycidae, a species of Centroberyx.Chaetodipterus steurbautiSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A spadefish, a species of Chaetodipterus.Chlorophthalmus udovichenkoiSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A greeneye, a species of Chlorophthalmus.Dapedium stollorumSpeciesValid Thies HauffEarly Toarcian A species of Dapedium."genus Epigonidarum" tyassminensisSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A deepwater cardinalfish of uncertain generic assignment.Fierasferoides bucculentusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A pearlfish, a species of Fierasferoides.Gadophycis serratusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A cusk-eel, a species of Gadophycis.GuntherichthysGen. et sp.Valid MickleCarboniferousManning Canyon Shale Formation A ’palaeoniscoid’.GwawinapterusGen. et sp. Valid Arbour CurrieCampanianNorthumberland Formation Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur, but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.Habroichthys broughiSp. novValid Lin et al.Middle Triassic (Anisian)Guanling Formation A member of Peltopleuriformes belonging to the family Habroichthyidae."genus Haemulidarum" makarenkoiSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A grunt of uncertain generic assignment.Heteroconger astroblematicusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Congridae, a species of Heteroconger."genus Holocentridarum" ryabchuniSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Holocentridae of uncertain generic assignment.HuashancyprinusGen. et sp. novValid Chen ChangOligoceneNingming Formation A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is H. robustispinus.Laccognathus embryiSpeciesValid Downs Daeschler et al.Downs, Daeschler, Jenkins and Shubin.FrasnianFram Formation A porolepiform sarcopterygian.LecceclupeaGen. et sp. novValid TaverneLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary) A member of Clupeidae belonging to the subfamily Pellonulinae and the tribe Ehiravini. The type species is Lecceclupea ehiravaensis."genus Leiognathidarum" tashlikensisSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A ponyfish of uncertain generic assignment.Lepidotes pankowskiiSpeciesValid Forey López-Arbarello MacLeodCenomanianKem Kem Group Originally described as a species of Lepidotes; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Adrianaichthys.LeufuichthysGen. et sp.Valid Gallo Calvo KellnerTuronian/ConiacianPortezuelo Formation A clupeomorph.Maorigadus ukrainicusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Gadiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Muraenolepididae; a species of Maorigadus.Mene ibericaSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A species of Mene."genus Merlucciidarum" antiquusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Merlucciidae of uncertain generic assignment.MimipiscisNom. nov.Valid ChooUpper DevonianGogo Formation A new generic name for Mimia Gardiner & Bartram (1977). The type species is Mimipiscis toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram 1977).Mimipiscis bartramiSpeciesValid ChooUpper DevonianGogo Formation A second species of Mimipiscis.Neocybium parvidentatumSpeciesValid Monsch BannikovEocene (Bartonian) A Spanish mackerel, a species of Neocybium.Ogilbia luzanensisSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Danian to Selandian)
A viviparous brotula, a species of Ogilbia.Onuxodon yebraensisSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A pearlfish, a species of Onuxodon.Pardachirus izarraeSp. novValid Brzobohatý NolfEocene (Bartonian) A sole, a species of Pardachirus.PavarottiaGen. et sp. novValid Bannikov & ZorzinEoceneMonte Bolca locality A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pavarottia lonardonii.PesciarhamphusSp. novValid Tyler & BannikovEocene (Ypresian or Lutetian)Monte Bolca locality An aulorhamphid gasterosteiform. The type species is Pesciarhamphus carnevalei.PietschellusGen. et sp.Valid Bannikov CarnevaleYpresianMonte Bolca A percomorph.RobertanniaGen. et sp. novValid BannikovEoceneMonte Bolca locality A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to Hendrixella grandei. The type species is Robertannia sorbiniorum.ScheenstiaGen. et sp.Valid López-Arbarello SfercoLate Jurassic A semionotiform.SharfiaGen. et sp.Valid Pietsch CarnevaleEocene (late Ypresian)Monte Bolca locality A goosefish. The type species is Sharfia mirabilis.SinosaurichthysGen. et 3 sp.Valid Wu Sun et al.Wu, Sun, Xu, Hao, Jiang, Sun.AnisianGuanling Formation A saurichthyid.Sorbinichthys africanusSpeciesValid Murray WilsonCenomanian or TuronianAkrabou Formation A species of Sorbinichthys."genus Sparidarum" spatiatusSp. novValid Schwarzhans BratishkoPaleocene (Selandian) A member of Sparidae of uncertain generic assignment.SpinofaciaGen. et sp.Valid MickleCarboniferousManning Canyon Shale Formation A ’palaeoniscoid’.SteurbautichthysGen. et comb. novValid TaverneMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian to Bathonian)Stanleyville Formation, Songa Limestones A relative of Ankylophorus; a new genus for "Pholidophorus" aequatorialis de Saint-Seine & Casier (1962).TarkusGen. et sp. novValid Carnevale PietschEocene (late Ypresian)Monte Bolca locality A member of Ogcocephalidae. The type species is Tarkus squirei.
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