Kotlarczykia bathybia JERZMANSKA, 1974

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Stomiatiformes
Family: Gonostomatidae Goode & Bean, 1895
Genus: Kotlarczykia
Species: Kotlarczykia bathybia
Author Citation JERZMANSKA, 1974

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
International Age: Rupelian

Stratigraphy

Menilite Krosno Group
Menilite Formation

Biostratigraphy

Ichthyofaunal Zone IPM3

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 5 cm

Location

Krepak
Przemyśl County
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland

• kotlarczykia
• menilite
• oligocene
• poland
• tff-oilshale-ch1073

Comments

Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.

Diagnosis from Jerzmanska 1974, p. 282: "Head long. The snout with a short premaxilla and a long curved maxilla. The upper jaw and the mandible with big conical teeth and with minute teeth in the interspaces: The lower jaw prominent. There are 34 vertebrae, iricluding 19 caudal. The sharf dorsal fin opposite to the beginning of the long anal. The pectoral fins lie low on the side of the abdomen. Origin of short pelvic fins near the anal fin. The trunk short. The distance from the basis of the pectoral fins to the beginning of the anal shorter than the length of the head. The caudal fin forked. A single series of large photophores."

Identified by oilshale using Jerzmanska 1974.

References:
JERZMANSKA, A.(1974): KOTLARCZYKIA BATHYBIA Gen. n., Sp. n. (TELEOSTEI) FROM THE OLIGOCENE OF THE CARPATHIANS. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 281-289; pls. 23-24