Surlykus longigracilis SCHRØDER & CARNEVALE 2023

By oilshale

• March 17, 2023

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Argentiniformes Bertelsen, 1958
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Surlykus
Species: Surlykus longigracilis
Author Citation SCHRØDER & CARNEVALE 2023

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Ypresian

Stratigraphy

Fur Formation

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1991
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 6 cm

Location

Ejerslev mo-clay pit
Mors (island)
Jütland
Denmark

• argentina
• denmark
• eocene
• fur
• sphyraena
• tff-oilshale-ch71

Comments

This fish has been known for decades among collectors as "Argentina sphyraena" and has only recently been described as Surlykus longigracilis. It is the most abundant fish from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark.

Etymology: Genus named in honor of professor emeritus Finn Surlyk, The species  name is derived from the Latin words ‘longus’ (long) and ‘gracilis’ (slender) referring to the body shape.

References:

Schrøder, A.E. & Carnevale, G. (2023). The argentiniform Surlykus longigracilis gen. et sp. nov., the most abundant fish from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, Vol. 72, pp. 1–18. ISSN 2245-7070. https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2023-72-01.