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Hipposyngnathus neriticus Jerzmanska, 1968
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Taxonomy
Pipefish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae Rafinesque 1810
Genus: Hipposyngnathus
Species: Hipposyngnathus neriticus
Author Citation Jerzmanska, 1968
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Stratigraphy
Menilite-Krosno Group
Menilite Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 4 cm
Location
Jamna Dolna
Bieszczady County
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland
Comments
Taxonomy from Jerzmanska 1968.
Diagnosis from Jerzmanska 1968, p. 437: "Cristae inferiores of the precaudal part do not merge with cristae inferiores of the tail. The latter, however, join cristae mediae of the precaudal part. 16-18 rings in precaudal part and about 19 in tail. In caudal part - 8 rays."
Line drawing from Přikryl et al., p. 565.
References:
Jerzmanska.A (1968). Ichtyofaune des couches a ménilite (flysch des Karpathes). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13(3):379-488.
Přikryl, T., Krzeminski, W., Kania I. (2011): New information about the anatomy of a peculiar fish of the genus Hipposyngnathus Daniltshenko, 1960. Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 10, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 559–566.
Přikryl, T., Kania, I. and Krzeminski, W. (2016) Synopsis of fossil fish fauna from the Hermanowa locality (Rupelian; Central Paratethys; Poland): current state of knowledge. Swiss Journal of Geoscience [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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