Title
TELEOST OTOLITHS FROM THE AQUITANIAN (EARLY MIOCENE) OF THE FELLI SECTION IN GREECE: THE ROOTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN GOBY STOCK (GOBIIDAE, GOBIIFORMES)
Author
WERNER SCHWARZHANS
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark
DANAE THIVAIOU
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract
Fish otoliths have been obtained from the early Miocene (Aquitanian) Pentalofos Formation of the Mesohellenic Basin in northern Greece. These specimens represent the earliest Miocene shallow marine otolith records from the Mediterranean. Here, we describe the goby otoliths of the assemblage, which are the most common group at this location. They represent the earliest recognized species of two of the three main extant Atlantic-Mediterranean goby groups, the Pomatoschistus lineage and the Aphia lineage. The taxa are interpreted as being phylogenetically positioned near the base of their respective lineages. The new taxa described are Hellenigobius praeschismatus n. gen. et n. sp. and Plesiogobius felliensis n. gen. et n. sp. A third species is tentatively related to Nematogobius in open nomenclature.
Keywords
Early MioceneGreeceotolithssand gobiesHellenigobius n. gen.Plesiogobius n. gen.
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1597507
Appeared in
Title
RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
Volume
127
Issue
3
ISSN
2039-4942
Issued
2021
Publication
RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
Version type
Date issued
2021
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