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Capros rhenanus WEILER, 1920
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Taxonomy
Boarfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Caproidae Lowe, 1843
Genus: Capros
Species: Capros rhenanus
Author Citation WEILER, 1920
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Stratigraphy
Menilite Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 2 cm
Location
Jamna Dolna
Bieszczady County
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland
Comments
Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.
Diagnosis from Bannikov et al., p 41: "Head length 2.224 in SL. Maximum body depth 1.822 in SL. Vertebrae 23 (10+13). Dorsal fin with nine spines and 21—22 soft rays; third spine longest. 37—56% SL and 0.8-1.0 of maximum body depth. Sixth or seventh interneural space vacant. Anal fin with three spines (first longest) and 20-22 soft rays. Soft dorsal- and anal-fin rays with spinules. Length of pelvic-fin spine greater than distance between posterior end of pelvis and anterior edge of first anal-fin pterygiophore."
Line drawing from Bannikov et al., p. 41:
References:
SWIDNICKI. J. (1986): OLIGOCENE ZEIFORMES (TELEOSTEI) FROM THE POLISH CARPATHIANS. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol. 31, No. 1-2 pp. 111-135; pls. 47-50
Bannikov, A., Baciu, D.-S. und Tyler, J. (2005) REVISION OF THE FOSSIL FISHES OF THE FAMILY CAPROIDAE (ACANTOMORPHA) Miscellanea paleontologica N. 8, Studi e Richerche sui Giacimenti terziari di Bolca XI. p 7-74.
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