Scophthalmus stamatini Paucă, 1931

Taxonomy

Turbot

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Pleuronectiformes Bleeker 1859
Family: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Scophthalmus
Species: Scophthalmus stamatini
Author Citation Paucă, 1931

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 IPM2

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 3 cm

Location

Jamna Dolna
Bieszczady County
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland

• flatfish
• jamna dolna
• menilite
• pleuronectiformes
• poland
• scophthalmus
• tff-oilshale-ch2144

Comments

Taxonomy from Baciu & Chanet 2002.
Diagnosis from Baciu & Chanet 2002, p. 22 (translated from French by oilshale): "Sinister flatfish, the vertebral column is composed of 35-36 vertebrae of which 11 precaudal vertebrae and 24-25 caudal vertebrae; the ventral branches of the pelvic bones extend anteriorly and support the pelvic fins each composed by 6 soft rays; the dorsal fin is composed by 68-70 soft rays, segmented, of which 8-9 rays are simple, supracranial and unbranched; the anal fin has 52-54 segmented rays; the body is covered by small ctenoid scales."
Line drawing by Baciu % Chanet 2002, p. 25:
 

Identified by oilshale using Baciu & Chanet 2002.

References:
Baciu, D. S. and Chanet, B. (2002) Les Poissons plats fossiles (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes) de l'Oligocène de Piatra Neamt (Roumanie). Oryctos 4:17-38.
Miclăuş Crina, Loiacono F., Puglisi D., Baciu D.S. (2008) Eocene-Oligocene Depositional Systems In The Northern Cratonic Margin of the Paratethys: A Study Case From The Vrancea Nappe (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). Bulletin of the Tethys Geological Society, Cairo, Vol. 3, 81-90.