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On the occurrence of genus Scombrosarda in the Eocene of Bolca
... Species of †Auxides from the former USSR are generally known as †Scombrosarda Daniltshenko, 1962(Danil'chenko 1962Bannikov 1985). The type species designated by Jordan (1919) for †Auxides was subsequently attributed to †Scombrosarda (Bannikov & Sorbini 1984; articulating with caudal end of first anal-fin pterygiophore. Spine seems to be broken in two. ...
... devius (Fig. 20b). This feature may have arisen from poor preservation, but the trait in question is an important specific character within this genus (Bannikov & Sorbini 1984;Bannikov 1985). Based on existing material, BMNH P18978 cannot be confidently assigned to †A. devius. ...
We present an overview of all known fossil scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes) of the former USSR, many taxa of which are described in a language other than Russian for the first time. Also new is the application of a cladistic framework for these taxa. For each taxon, short taxonomic synopses with the most relevant characteristics (synapomorphies, meristic counts) are presented in a form useful for future cladistic analysis. As an exception, we present an extensive systematic description of the billfish †Hemingwaya sarissa Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, because we disagree with earlier interpretations. The ‘gempylid’ †Hemithyrsites maicopicus Daniltshenko retains its generic name, which is considered the valid name of what is also known as Promethichthys Gill. A new tribe, †Eocoelopomini, is erected to contain the genera †Eocoelopoma Woodward, †Palaeothunnus Bannikov, and †Micrornatus Monsch. It is questioned whether species previously described as belonging to Thunnus South should be classified in that genus. A new species of tribe Scomberomorini, †Neocybium parvidentatum, is described from the Bartonian of W Kazakhstan. A specimen of †Auxides (questionably Maastrichthian, Iran), also reported here, possibly extends the radiation of †Auxides, and scombroids as a whole, further back in time. The fossil record of the Blochiidae is probably extended downwards to the Thanetian.
... 3, text-fig. 16 ;1980, p. 152;Bannikov, Sorbini, 1984, Fig. 4; Bannikov, 1985a, p. 14, Table I, Figs. 1-3, text-figs. ...
A list of all formerly described and mentioned teleost fish taxa, down to the species level, from Cen-
ozoic marine basins of Tethys and Eastern Paratethys (from the Late Paleocene to the Middle Miocene) is pre-
sented on the basis of materials from localities in the southern areas of European Russia and adjacent countries.
Each species name is accompanied with synonymy and bibliography.
... About eight genera with a total of 13 species of Scombridae were described from the Eocene of England (Casier, 1946), but only three genera with five species from the famous Lower Eocene Italian fish locality of Monte Bolca (Blot, 1980;Bannikov & Sorbini, 1984). Concerning the Oligocène, five genera and eight species are known from Russian localities (Bannikov, 1985). ...
New information concerning the teleostean fishfauna from the Rupelian of the Frauenweiler clay pit is presented, which also includes short characterisations of recently recorded taxa. There are new genera and species within the Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Scorpaeniformes and Echeneidae. There is a considerable diversity amongst the “Lower Percoids”;, where new taxa, in particular, were detected among the small‐sized specimens and within the materials formerly grouped under the species designation Ser‐ranus budensis. Within the Trichiuridae, there is a new species of Lepidopus. For the Scombridae, different morphotypes are defined amongst the fragmentary finds of disarticulate skulls, jaw elements and caudal fin supports. These probably represent different taxa. Additionally, the first record of a species of Sphyraenodus is noted and there are certain problematic fossil fragments that may belong to further scombroid or perciform families. The new records corroborate earlier reconstructions of the palaeoenvironment and indicate the outstanding potential of the Frauenweiler material for extending our knowledge concerning the diversification and morphology of Cenozoic teleosts.
A taxonomic revision of mackerel-like fishes (Scombridae, Scombroidei, Perciformes) from the Monte Bolca localities in Italy is presented as part of continuing research into phylogenetic relationships of fossil and Recent scombroids. Three new genera are proposed: †Godsilia, †Pseudauxides and †Thunnoscomberoides. In addition, species generally known as †Thynnus bolcensis, †Thynnus lanceolatus, †Scombrosarda propterygia, †Scomberomorus speciosus and †Scomberomorus tenuis are renamed †Thunnoscomberoides bolcensis comb. nov., †Godsilia lanceolata comb. nov., †Auxides propterygius comb. nov. and †Pseudauxides speciosus comb. nov., respectively. †S. tenuis, a nomen nudum, is a junior synonym of †P. speciosus. Provisional phylogenetic hypotheses of these Monte Bolca scombrids are as follows. †Auxides and †Pseudauxides are most likely primitive sister taxa of the mackerels Scomber and Rastrelliger with †Pseudauxides as the most primitive. †Godsilia may be placed between Scombrinae and Scomberomorinae. †Thunnoscomberoides seems to fit between Scombrinae and Thunnini.
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