[PaleoIchthyology • 2014] Natgeosocus sorini • A New Genus of the Family Palaeocentrotidae (Teleostei, Lampridiformes) from the Oligocene of the northern Caucasus and comments on other fossil Veliferoidei

Natgeosocus sorini Bannikov, 2014

DOI: 10.1134/S0031030114060021

Abstract

A new genus and species of the lampridiform fish Natgeosocus sorini (Palaeocentrotidae) is described based on a single imprint of the skeleton from the Lower Oligocene of the northern Caucasus. To date, the family Palaeocentrotidae has only been known by its monotypic genus from the basal Eocene of Denmark. An overview of fossil records of the suborder Veliferoidei is presented. A separate family is established for the Eocene genus Bajaichthys Sorbini, 1983 from Italy. The diagnosis of the family Palaeocentrotidae is emended.

Keywords: Palaeocentrotidae, Lampridiformes, new taxa, Oligocene, northern Caucasus

A. F. Bannikov. 2014. A New Genus of the Family Palaeocentrotidae (Teleostei, Lampridiformes) from the Oligocene of the northern Caucasus and comments on other fossil Veliferoidei. Paleontological Journal. 48(6); 624-632. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030114060021

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