2013 in paleoichthyology

none 2013 paleoichthyology paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology This list of fossil fishes described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of placoderms, fossil cartilaginous fishes and bony fishess of every kind that have been described during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Newly named jawless vertebrates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmaltheolepis austfjordiaŽivilė Žigaitė Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa Daniel Goujet Henning Blom 2013 Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andrée Land Group, Spitsbergen GFF 135 1 57–73 10.1080/11035897.2012.762549 2013GFF...135...57Z 128570339 Sp. nov ValidŽigaitė et al.DevonianNorwayA talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis.Amaltheolepis montiwatsoniaSp. nov ValidŽigaitė et al.DevonianNorwayA talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis.Amaltheolepis winsnesiSp. nov ValidŽigaitė et al.DevonianNorwayA talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis.CapitaspisDavid K. Elliott 2013 A new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 1 29–34 10.1080/02724634.2012.717568 2013JVPal..33...29E 130709913 Gen. et sp. nov ValidElliottLate Silurian (Pridolian)Somerset Island FormationCanadaA cyathaspidid heterostracan. The type species is Capitaspis giblingi.Machairaspis serrataBradley R. Scott Mark V.H. Wilson 2013 A new species of osteostracan from the Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of the Mackenzie Mountains, with comments on body size, growth, and geographic distribution in the genus Machairaspis Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50 2 127–134 10.1139/cjes-2012-0100 2013CaJES..50..127S Sp. nov ValidScott & WilsonEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Delorme FormationCanadaA member of Osteostraci, a species of Machairaspis.NucleaspisO. B. Afanassieva V. N. Karatajūtė-Talimaa 2013 New data on osteostracans (Agnatha) from the Lower Devonian of the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago Paleontological Journal 47 5 513–522 10.1134/S003103011305002X 2013PalJ...47..513A 140187347 Gen. et sp. novValidAfanassieva & Karatajūtė-TalimaaEarly DevonianSevernaya Zemlya FormationRussiaA member of Osteostraci. The type species is Nucleaspis unica.ParaungulaspisNom. novValidAfanassieva & Karatajūtė-TalimaaEarly DevonianRussiaA member of Osteostraci; a replacement name for Ungulaspis Afanassieva & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1998 (preoccupied).ReticulaspisGen. et sp. novValidAfanassieva & Karatajūtė-TalimaaEarly DevonianSevernaya Zemlya FormationRussiaA member of Osteostraci. The type species is Reticulaspis menneri.RitchieichthysIvan J. Sansom Peter W. Haines Plamen Andreev Robert S. Nicoll 2013 A new pteraspidomorph from the Nibil Formation (Katian, Late Ordovician) of the Canning Basin, Western Australia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4 764–769 10.1080/02724634.2013.751920 2013JVPal..33..764S 130767170 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSansom et al.Late Ordovician (Katian)Nibil FormationAustraliaA member of Arandaspida. The type species is Ritchieichthys nibili.Talivalia svalbardiaSp. nov ValidŽigaitė et al.DevonianNorwayA talivaliid thelodont, a species of Talivalia.WoodfjordiaGen. et sp. nov ValidŽigaitė et al.DevonianNorwayA turiniid thelodont. The type species is Woodfjordia collisa. Newly named acanthodians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMachaeraporusCarole J. Burrow Susan Turner Godfrey S. Nowlan Robert H. Denison 2013 Vertebrate Microremains from the Late Silurian of Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada Journal of Paleontology 87 6 1041–1059 10.1666/12-154 2013JPal...87.1041B 130013136 Gen. et comb. nov ValidBurrow et al.Late SilurianStonehouse FormationCanadaA new genus for "Cheiracanthoides" stonehousensis Legault (1968). Newly named placoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEntelognathusMin Zhu Xiaobo Yu Per Erik Ahlberg Brian Choo Jing Lu Tuo Qiao Qingming Qu Wenjin Zhao Liantao Jia Henning Blom You'an Zhu 2013 A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones Nature 502 7470 188–193 10.1038/nature12617 24067611 2013Natur.502..188Z 4462506 Gen. et sp. nov ValidZhu et al.Silurian (late Ludlow)Kuanti FormationChinaThe type species is Entelognathus primordialis.framelessEukaiaElga Mark-Kurik 2013 A new Lower Devonian arthrodire (Placodermi) from the NW Siberian Platform Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 62 3 131–138 10.3176/earth.2013.11 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidMark-KurikDevonian (?Pragin)Turukhansk region, Northwest Siberian PlatformRussiaA fossil skull representing an Actinolepidoid incertae sedis. The type species is Eukaia elongata.Phyllolepis thomsoniJohn A. Long Edward B. Daeschler March 2013 First articulated phyllolepid placoderm from North America, with comments on phyllolepid systematics Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 162 1 33–46 10.1635/053.162.0103 42751947 2328/35187 131427488 freeSp. nov ValidLong & DaeschlerDevonian (late Famennian)Catskill FormationUnited StatesThis is the third species of Phyllolepis known from complete or almost complete specimens (the other two being P. orvini and P. woodwardi, and is the second member of the genus known from North America (the other being the sympatric P. rossmontia. Cartilaginous fishes Research Reassessment of the anatomy of Helicoprion and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this taxon is published by Tapanila et al. (2013).Leif Tapanila Jesse Pruitt Alan Pradel Cheryl D. Wilga Jason B. Ramsay Robert Schlader Dominique A. Didier 2013 Jaws for a spiral-tooth whorl: CT images reveal novel adaptation and phylogeny in fossil Helicoprion Biology Letters 9 2 20130057 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0057 23445952 3639784 Fossils of cladodontomorph chondrichthyans (a falcatid, a ctenacanthiform and cladodontomorphs of uncertain phylogenetic placement) are described from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of France by Guinot et al. (2013); this is the most recent known record of cladodontomorphs, increasing the fossil record of this group by circa 120 million years.Guillaume Guinot Sylvain Adnet Lionel Cavin Henri Cappetta 2013 Cretaceous stem chondrichthyans survived the end-Permian mass extinction Nature Communications 4 2669 10.1038/ncomms3669 24169620 2013NatCo...4.2669G free New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdnetoscylliumGen. et sp. novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)France United KingdomA hemiscylliid shark. The type species is Adnetoscyllium angloparisensis.Anomotodon genaultiSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)FranceA mitsukurinid shark, a species of Anomotodon.Bobbodus xerxesiOliver Hampe Vachik Hairapetian Markus Dorka Florian Witzmann Amir M. Akbari Dieter Korn 2013 A first Late Permian fish fauna from Baghuk Mountain (Neo-Tethyan shelf, central Iran) Bulletin of Geosciences 88 1 1–20 10.3140/bull.geosci.1357 free Sp novValidHampe et al.Late PermianIranA eugeneodontid eugeneodontiform, a species of Bobbodus.Bransonella tribulaDavid K. Elliott John-Paul M. Hodnett 2013 A New Species of Bransonella (Chondrichthyes, Xenacanthimorpha, Bransonelliformes) from the Middle Permian Kaibab Formation of Northern Arizona Journal of Paleontology 87 6 1136–1142 10.1666/12-099 2013JPal...87.1136E 129460967 Sp novValidElliott & HodnettPermian (early Guadalupian)Kaibab LimestoneUnited StatesA bransonelliform xenacanthimorph, a species of Bransonella.BritobatosKerin M. Claeson Charlie J. Underwood David J. Ward 2013 †Tingitanius tenuimandibulus, a new platyrhinid batoid from the Turonian (Cretaceous) of Morocco and the cretaceous radiation of the Platyrhinidae Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1019–1036 10.1080/02724634.2013.767266 2013JVPal..33.1019C 140588283 Gen. et comb. nov ValidClaeson, Underwood & WardLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Sahel AlmaLebanonA relative of platyrhinids; a new genus for "Raja" primarmata Woodward (1889).Burnhamia crimensisN. I. Udovichenko 2013 New data about genus Burnhamia (Mobulidae, Elasmobranchii) from the Eocene of North Peri-Thetys Collection of Scientific Works of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the NAS of Ukraine 6 1 116–122 10.30836/igs.2522-9753.2013.147161 free Sp novValidUdovichenkoEocene (Lutetian-Priabonian)Kazakhstan Russia UkraineA member of Mobulidae, a species of Burnhamia .Burnhamia nessoviSp novValidUdovichenkoEocene (Ypresian)KazakhstanA member of Mobulidae, a species of Burnhamia .Callorhinchus torresiRodrigo A. Otero David Rubilar-Rogers Roberto E. Yury-Yañez Alexander O. Vargas Carolina S. Gutstein Francisco Amaro Mourgues Emmanuel Robert 2013 A new species of chimaeriform (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the uppermost Cretaceous of the López de Bertodano Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica Antarctic Science 25 1 99–106 10.1017/S095410201200079X 2013AntSc..25...99O 111377431 https://zenodo.org/record/851724 Sp novValidOtero et al.Latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)López de Bertodano FormationAntarcticaA chimaeriform, a species of Callorhinchus.Cantioscyllium markaguntensisJames I. Kirkland Jeffrey G. Eaton Donald B. Brinkman 2013 Elasmobranchs from Upper Cretaceous Freshwater Facies in Southern Utah Alan L. Titus Mark A. Loewen At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah Indiana University Press 153–194 978-0-253-00896-1 Sp. nov ValidKirkland, Eaton & BrinkmanLate Cretaceous (Coniacian to Santonian)Straight Cliffs FormationUnited StatesA ginglymostomatid carpet shark, a species of Cantioscyllium.Cederstroemia siverssoniSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceA carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cederstroemia.Chiloscyllium frequensSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)France United KingdomA hemiscylliid shark, a species of Chiloscyllium.Chiloscyllium vulloiSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceA hemiscylliid shark, a species of Chiloscyllium.Columbusia deblieuxiSp. nov ValidKirkland, Eaton & BrinkmanLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Kaiparowits Formation Wahweap FormationUnited StatesA sclerorhynchid, a member of Batoidea related to sawfishes; a species of Columbusia.CristomylusGen. et 3 sp. nov ValidKirkland, Eaton & BrinkmanLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian)Cedar Mountain Formation Dakota Formation Straight Cliffs Formation Wahweap FormationUnited StatesA member of Rajiformes related to guitarfishes. The type species is Cristomylus nelsoni; genus also contains C. bulldogensis and C. cifellii.DiablodontusJohn-Paul M. Hodnett David K. Elliott Tom J. Olson 2013 A new basal hybodont (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the Middle Permian (Roadian) Kaibab Formation of northern Arizona New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 60 103–108 Gen. et sp. novValidHodnett, Elliott & OlsonPermian (Roadian)Kaibab LimestoneUnited StatesA hybodontoid hybodontiform. The type species is Diablodontus michaeledmundi.Echinorhinus wadanohanaensisNaoshi Kitamura 2013 Description of a New Species of the Family Echinorhinidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwestern Japan Paleontological Research 17 2 189–195 10.2517/1342-8144-17.2.189 129671163 Sp. nov ValidKitamuraLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Hinoshima FormationJapanA species of Echinorhinus.Eoptolamna supracretaceaSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)France United KingdomAn eoptolamnid lamniform shark, a species of Eoptolamna.Eosqualiolus skrovinaiCharlie J. Underwood Jan Schlögl 2013 Deep water chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 487–509 10.4202/app.2011.0101 54591406 https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/15382/1/deep%20water.pdf Sp novValidUnderwood & SchlöglMioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationSlovakiaA dalatiid, a species of Eosqualiolus.GissarodusAlexander O. Ivanov 2013 Chondrichthyans from the early/late Carboniferous boundary beds of the Gissar Mountains, Uzbekistan New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 60 143–151 Gen. et sp. novValidIvanovCarboniferous (early Bashkirian)Khodzhir-Bulak FormationUzbekistanA member of Euselachii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gissarodus flabellatus.Glikmanius culmenisMartha B. Koot Gilles Cuny Andrea Tintori Richard J. Twitchett 2013 A new diverse shark fauna from the Wordian (Middle Permian) Khuff Formation in the interior Haushi-Huqf area, Sultanate of Oman Palaeontology 56 2 303–343 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01199.x free 2013Palgy..56..303K Sp novValidKoot et al.Permian (Wordian)Khuff FormationOmanA ctenacanthiform, a species of Glikmanius.Heterodontus boussioniSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)France United KingdomA bullhead shark. Originally described as a species of Heterodontus; subsequently transferred to the separate genus Protoheterodontus by Hovestadt (2018).D.C. Hovestadt 2018 Reassessment and revision of the fossil Heterodontidae (Chondrichthyes: Neoselachii) based on tooth morphology of extant taxa Palaeontos 30 1–73 https://www.palaeontos.be/30/det30.html Heterodontus laevisSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian)France United KingdomA bullhead shark.Hybodus bugarensisCristina Pla Ana Márquez-Aliaga Héctor Botella 2013 The chondrichthyan fauna from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of the Iberian Range (Spain) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4 770–785 10.1080/02724634.2013.748668 2013JVPal..33..770P 84438328 Sp novValidPla, Márquez-Aliaga & BotellaMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)SpainA species of Hybodus.Hypolophodon patagoniensisAlberto Luis Cione Marcelo Tejedor Francisco Javier Goin 2013 A new species of the rare batomorph genus Hypolophodon (?latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleocene, Argentina) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 267 1 1–8 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0293Sp novValidCione, Tejedor & GoinPaleoceneLefipán FormationArgentinaA batomorph, a species of Hypolophodon.Iago carlaluisaiRonny M. Leder 2013 Eocene Carcharhinidae and Triakidae (Elasmobranchii) of Crimea and Kazakhstan Leipziger Geowissenschaften 20 1–57 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286448766 Sp novValidLederEoceneCrimean PeninsulaA houndshark, a species of Iago.Jaekelotodus bagualensisRodrigo A. Otero José Luis Oyarzún Sergio Soto-Acuña Roberto E. Yury-Yáñez Nestor M. Gutierrez Jacobus P. Le Roux Teresa Torres Francisco Hervé 2013 Neoselachians and Chimaeriformes (Chondrichthyes) from the latest Cretaceous-Paleogene of Sierra Baguales, southernmost Chile. Chronostratigraphic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48 13–30 10.1016/j.jsames.2013.07.013 2013JSAES..48...13O http://americanae.aecid.es/americanae/es/registros/registro.do?tipoRegistro=MTD&idBib=3233414 Sp. novValidOtero et al.Middle to late EoceneRío Baguales FormationChileA sand shark, a species of Jaekelotodus.KeasiusBruce J. Welton 2013 A new archaic basking shark (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the late Eocene of western Oregon, U.S.A., and description of the dentition, gill rakers and vertebrae of the recent basking shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus) New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 58 1–48 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308796393 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidWeltonLate Eocene to middle MioceneFrance Germany United StatesA relative of the basking shark. The type species is Keasius taylori; genus also contains "Cetorhinus" parvus Leriche (1910).KhuffiaGen. et 2 sp. novValidKoot et al.Permian (Wordian)Khuff FormationOmanA sphenacanthid. Genus contains two species: Khuffia lenis and Khuffia prolixa.NanocetorhinusGen. et sp. novValidUnderwood & SchlöglMioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationAustriaJürgen Pollerspöck Nicolas Straube 2017 A new deep-sea elasmobranch fauna from the Central Paratethys (Neuhofener Beds, Mitterdorf, near Passau, Germany, Early Miocene, Middle Burdigalian) Zitteliana 90 27–53 https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Zitteliana-A-B_90_0027-0053.pdf 978-3-946705-02-4 2018-04-10 2024-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20180410034222/http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana90/2b_pollerspoeck.pdf dead Germany Slovakia SwitzerlandA neoselachian of uncertain affinities. The type species is Nanocetorhinus tuberculatus.framelessOmanoselacheGen. et 2 sp. novValidKoot et al.Permian (Wordian)Khuff FormationOmanA hybodontiform. Genus contains two species: Omanoselache hendersoni and Omanoselache angiolinii.PalaeotriakisGen. et comb. novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)Lebanon United KingdomA houndshark, a new genus for Paratriakis subserratus Underwood & Ward (2008) and "Thyellina" curtirostris Davis (1887). Later studies still support classification of species subserratus to genus Paratriakis.Adolfssen Jan S. Ward David J. 2014 López-Arbarello Adriana Crossing the boundary: an elasmobranch fauna from Stevns Klint, Denmark Palaeontology en 57 3 591–629 2014Palgy..57..591A 10.1111/pala.12079 0031-0239 freeAdolfssen Jan S. Milàn Jesper Friedman Matt 2017-02-15 Review of the Danian vertebrate fauna of southern Scandinavia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 65 1–23 10.37570/bgsd-2017-65-01 2245-7070 freeParaetmopterus horvathiSp novValidUnderwood & SchlöglMioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationAustriaJürgen Pollerspöck Christina K. Flammensbeck Nicolas Straube 2018 Palaeocentroscymnus (Chondrichthyes: Somniosidae), a new sleeper shark genus from Miocene deposits of Austria (Europe) PalZ 92 3 443–456 10.1007/s12542-017-0398-9 2018PalZ...92..443P 134973773 Germany Japan Slovakia SpainOriginally described as a lantern shark and a species of Paraetmopterus; subsequently reinterpreted as a sleeper shark and transferred to the separate genus Palaeocentroscymnus.Pararhincodon ornatusSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)France United KingdomA parascylliid shark, a species of Pararhincodon.Paratriakis robustusSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)France United KingdomA shark, possibly a houndshark; a species of Paratriakis.Parvodus celsucuspusJan Rees Gilles Cuny Joane Pouech Jean-Michel Mazin 2013 Non-marine selachians from the basal Cretaceous of Charente, SW France Cretaceous Research 44 122–131 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.002 2013CrRes..44..122R Sp novValidRees et al.Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)FranceA lonchidiid hybodont, a species of Parvodus.Planohybodus markiFelipe L. Pinheiro Ana Emilia Q. de Figueiredo Paula C. Dentzien-Dias Daniel C. Fortier Cesar L. Schultz Maria Somália S. Viana 2013 Planohybodus marki sp. nov., a new fresh-water hybodontid shark from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil Cretaceous Research 41 210–216 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.12.005 2013CrRes..41..210P Sp novValidPinheiro et al.Early CretaceousMalhada Vermelha Formation Missão Velha FormationBrazilA hybodontid shark, a species of Planohybodus.PlatyrhizodonGen. et 2 sp. novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)France United KingdomA carcharhiniform shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Platyrhizodon gracilis; genus also contains additional new species Platyrhizodon barbei.PotobatisHenri Cappetta Mireille Gayet 2013 A new elasmobranch genus (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the Danian of Potosí (Bolivia) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 269 3 285–290 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0351 Gen. et sp. novValidCappetta & GayetPaleocene (Danian)El Molino FormationBoliviaA dasyatoid myliobatiform. The type species is Potobatis semperei.Pristiophorus striatusSpeciesValidUnderwood & SchlöglMioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationGermany SlovakiaA sawshark, a species of PristiophorusProlatodonGen. et comb. novValidPla, Márquez-Aliaga & BotellaMiddle to Late TriassicCanada China Spain United StatesA non-neoselachian shark related to Homalodontus; a new genus for "Polyacrodus" bucheri Cuny, Rieppel & Sander (2001) and "Polyacrodus" contrarius Johns, Barnes & Orchard (1997). Koot et al. (2015) and Manzanares et al. (2018) considered Prolatodon to be a junior synonym of the genus Omanoselache.Martha B. Koot Gilles Cuny Michael J. Orchard Sylvain Richoz Malcolm B. Hart Richard J. Twitchett 2015 New hybodontiform and neoselachian sharks from the Lower Triassic of Oman Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 10 891–917 10.1080/14772019.2014.963179 2015JSPal..13..891K 129741739 E. Manzanares C. Pla H. G. Ferrón H. Botella 2018 Middle-Late Triassic chondrichthyans remains from the Betic Range (Spain) Journal of Iberian Geology 44 1 129–138 10.1007/s41513-017-0027-1 2018JIbG...44..129M 134940663 10550/85570 free Protosqualus barringtonensisGuillaume Guinot Charlie J. Underwood Henri Cappetta David J. Ward 2013 Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 6 589–671 10.1080/14772019.2013.767286 2013JSPal..11..589G 84892884 Sp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)United KingdomA squalid shark, a species of Protosqualus.Pseudocorax duchaussoisiSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceAn anacoracid shark, a species of Pseudocorax.PseudomyledaphusGen. et sp. nov ValidKirkland, Eaton & BrinkmanLate CretaceousMilk River Formation Straight Cliffs FormationCanada United StatesA member of Rajiformes related to guitarfishes. The type species is Pseudomyledaphus madseni.ReesodusGen. et sp. et comb. novValidKoot et al.Carboniferous (Tournaisian) to Permian (Wordian)Oman Russia United KingdomA hybodontiform. The type species is Reesodus underwoodi; genus also contains "Lissodus" wirksworthensis Duffin (1985) and "Lissodus" pectinatus Lebedev (1996).ScyliorhinothecaSteffen Kiel Jörn Peckmann Klaus Simon 2013 Catshark egg capsules from a Late Eocene deep-water methane-seep deposit in western Washington State, USA Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 1 77–84 https://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110077.html 10.4202/app.2011.0077 free Gen. et sp. novValidKiel, Peckmann & SimonLate EoceneUSACatshark egg capsules. The type species is Scyliorhinotheca goederti.Scyliorhinus monsaugustusSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)FranceA catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus.Scyliorhinus muelleriSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceA catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus.SigmoscylliumGen. et comb. et sp. novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian)France United KingdomA catshark. A new genus for "Palaeoscyllium" striatum Underwood & Ward (2008); genus also contains a new species Sigmoscyllium acuspidatum.Squalicorax bernardeziSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceAn anacoracid shark, a species of Squalicorax.TeresodusGen. et sp. novValidKoot et al.Permian (Wordian)Khuff FormationOmanA hybodontiform. The type species is Teresodus amplexus.Texatrygon brycensisSp. nov ValidKirkland, Eaton & BrinkmanLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Wahweap FormationUnited StatesA member of Ptychotrygonidae, possibly a member of Batoidea related to sawfishes; a species of Texatrygon.TingitaniusGen. et sp. nov ValidClaeson, Underwood & WardLate Cretaceous (Turonian)MoroccoA platyrhinid. The type species is Tingitanius tenuimandibulus.TomewingiaGerard Ramon Case Henri Cappetta 2013 Ewingia Case & Cappetta, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes), preoccupied by Ewingia Pearse, 1929 (Insecta: Arachnida) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 268 1 125–126 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0320 Nom. novValidCase & CappettaLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)United StatesA member of Rajiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Ewingia Case & Cappetta (1997) (preoccupied).Triakis muelleriSp. novValidLederEoceneCrimean PeninsulaA houndshark, a species of Triakis.Vectiselachos gosslingiTrevor John Batchelor 2013 A new species of Vectiselachos (Chondrichthyes, Selachii) from the Early Cretaceous of southern England Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 124 6 967–972 10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.05.001 2013PrGA..124..967B Sp novValidBatchelorEarly Cretaceous (Aptian, possibly also early Albian)Lila Blake Max Fursman Christopher J. Duffin Trevor Batchelor Claudia Hildebrandt Michael J. Benton 2024 Microvertebrates from the Lower Greensand Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK, and Nutfield, Surrey, UK Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 135 5 493–517 10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.07.002 free 2024PrGA..135..493B Hythe FormationUnited KingdomA hybodont shark, a species of Vectiselachos. Bony fishes Research A specimen of the aspidorhynchid Belonostomus tenuirostris with preserved fossilized content of its digestive tract is described by Kogan & Licht (2013).Ilja Kogan Martin Licht 2013 A Belonostomus tenuirostris (Actinopterygii: Aspidorhynchidae) from the Late Jurassic of Kelheim (southern Germany) preserved with its last meal Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87 4 543–548 10.1007/s12542-013-0179-z 2013PalZ...87..543K 129867560 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmia godaiYoshitaka Yabumoto Lance Grande 2013 A New Miocene Amiid Fish, Amia godai from Kani, Gifu, Central Japan Paleontological Research 17 2 113–126 10.2517/1342-8144-17.2.113 140719277 Sp. nov ValidYabumoto & GrandeEarly MioceneNakamura FormationJapanA relative of a bowfin."Anguilloideus" angulosusDirk Nolf 2013 The diversity of fish otoliths, past and present 1–222 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 9789073242265 Sp. nov ValidNolf & Rundle in NolfPaleocenePossibly a species of Anguilla.Gary L. Stringer Werner Schwarzhans George Phillips Roger Lambert 2020 Highly diversified Late Cretaceous fish assemblage revealed by otoliths (Ripley Formation and Owl Creek Formation, northeast Mississippi, USA) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126 1 111–155 10.13130/2039-4942/13013AnnaichthysGloria Arratia 2013 Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of Triassic pholidophorid fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 13 1–138 10.1080/02724634.2013.835642 2013JVPal..33S...1A 86605978 Gen. et sp. novValidArratiaLate Triassic (Norian)Italy A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Annaichthys pontegiurinensis.ApricenapiscisLouis Taverne 2013 Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d'Apricena (Italie du Sud). 4°. Apricenapiscis depotteri gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Crossognathiformes, Pachyrhizodontidae) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 37 57–66 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2037/Geologia%20Preistoria%2037/5_Taverne_4o.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidTaverneLate Cretaceous (Santonian)ItalyA member of Crossognathiformes related to Pachyrhizodus. The type species is Apricenapiscis depotteri.Ariomma thanetiensisSp. nov ValidNolf & Rundle in NolfPaleoceneA species of Ariomma.Axelrodichthys maiseyiM.S.S. de Carvalho V. Gallo H.R.S. Santos 2013 New species of coelacanth fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of the Grajaú Basin, NE Brazil Cretaceous Research 46 80–89 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.09.006 2013CrRes..46...80D Sp. nov ValidCarvalho, Gallo & SantosEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Codó FormationBrazilA mawsoniid, a species of Axelrodichthys.Bagre protocaribbeanusOrangel Antonio Aguilera Heloisa Moraes-Santos Sue Costa Fumio Ohe Carlos Jaramillo Afonso Nogueira 2013 Ariid sea catfishes from the coeval Pirabas (Northeastern Brazil), Cantaure, Castillo (Northwestern Venezuela), and Castilletes (North Colombia) formations (early Miocene), with description of three new species Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132 1 45–68 10.1007/s13358-013-0052-4 140727459 free 2013SwJP..132...45A Sp. nov ValidAguilera et al.Early MioceneColombia VenezuelaAn ariid catfish, a species of Bagre.Bathygadus mandorovensisWerner Schwarzhans 2013 Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon Palaeo Ichthyologica 13 151–184 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/e4_66.php Sp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA grenadier, a species of Bathygadus.BelemnocercaAndrew J. Wendruff Mark V.H. Wilson 2013 New Early Triassic coelacanth in the family Laugiidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50 9 904–910 10.1139/cjes-2013-0010 2013CaJES..50..904W Gen. et sp. nov ValidWendruff & WilsonEarly TriassicSulphur Mountain FormationCanadaA laugiid, a relative of coelacanths. The type species is Belemnocerca prolata.Belone countermaniVivianne B. de Sant'Anna Bruce B. Collette Stephen J. Godfrey 2013 †Belone countermani, a new Miocene needlefish (Belonidae) from the St. Marys Formation of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 2 137–150 10.2988/0006-324X-126.2.137 84942666 Sp. nov Validde Sant'Anna, Collette & GodfreyMiocene (Tortonian)St. Marys FormationUnited StatesA needlefish, a species of Belone.Benthosema pluridensWerner Schwarzhans Orangel Aguilera 2013 Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America Palaeo Ichthyologica 13 83–150 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/e4_66.php Sp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian)Chagres FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Benthosema.BoreiohydriasAlison M. Murray Stephen L. Cumbaa 2013 Early Turonian acanthomorphs from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 2 293–300 10.1080/02724634.2013.722574 2013JVPal..33..293M 86149667 Gen. et sp. nov ValidMurray & CumbaaLate Cretaceous (Turonian)CanadaAn acanthomorph, a relative of beardfishes. The type species is Boreiohydrias dayi.Bregmaceros deklasziSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationAngola Gabon PortugalA codlet.Bregmaceros hybridusSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA codlet.Caffrogobius tutusSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA goby, a species of Caffrogobius.CantariusGen. et sp. nov ValidAguilera et al.Early MioceneColombia VenezuelaAn ariid catfish. The type species is Cantarius nolfi.CarnevalellaA. F. Bannikov 2013 A new late neogene genus of roakers (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Eastern Black Sea Region Paleontological Journal 47 2 190–198 10.1134/S0031030113020032 2013PalJ...47..190B 84159378 Gen. et comb. et sp. novValidBannikovLate Miocene to early PlioceneAbkhazia RussiaA member of Sciaenidae. A new genus for "Sciaena" impropria Gabelaia (1976); genus might also contain a new species C. (?) tmutarakanica.Cathorops goeldiiSp. nov ValidAguilera et al.Early MiocenePirabas FormationBrazilAn ariid catfish, a species of Cathorops.Catostomus (Pantosteus) asitusSp. novValidSmith, Stewart & CarpenterPlioceneWhite Narrows FormationUnited States(Nevada)A species of Catostomus.Catostomus (Pantosteus) hyomyzonGerald R. Smith Joseph D. Stewart Nathan E. Carpenter 2013 Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of western United States Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 743 1–59 2027.42/122717 Sp. novValidSmith, Stewart & CarpenterMioceneDrewsey Formation Ellensburg Formation Juntura FormationUnited States(OregonWashington)A species of Catostomus.Catostomus (Pantosteus) oromyzonSp. novValidSmith, Stewart & CarpenterPlioceneUnited States(Idaho)A species of Catostomus.Cepola fritinnansSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA bandfish, a species of Cepola.Ceratoscopelus priscusSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Burdigalian to early Langhian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Ceratoscopelus.ChaohuperleidusZuoyu Sun Andrea Tintori Dayong Jiang Ryosuke Motani 2013 A new perleidid from the Spathian (Olenekian, Early Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province, China Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119 3 275–285 http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1997-2013/79-abstracts/137-abstracts-vol-119-3-2013 10.13130/2039-4942/6040 2014-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140107210440/http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1997-2013/79-abstracts/137-abstracts-vol-119-3-2013 2014-01-07 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSun et al.Early Triassic (Olenekian)Nanlinghu FormationChinaA relative of a Perleidus. The type species is Chaohuperleidus primus.Chatrabus weileriSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA member of Batrachoididae, a species of Chatrabus.CipactlichthysPaulo M. Brito Jesus Alvarado-Ortega 2013 Cipactlichthys scutatus, gen. nov., sp. nov. a New Halecomorph (Neopterygii, Holostei) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico PLOS ONE 8 9 e73551 10.1371/journal.pone.0073551 24023885 3762789 2013PLoSO...873551B free Gen. et sp. nov ValidBrito & Alvarado-OrtegaEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Tlayua FormationMexicoA member of Holostei and Halecomorphi (a relative of the bowfin). The type species is Cipactlichthys scutatus.framelessCondorlepisAdriana López-Arbarello Emilia Sferco Oliver W.M. Rauhut 2013 A new genus of coccolepidid fishes (Actinopterygii, Chondrostei) from the continental Jurassic of Patagonia Palaeontologia Electronica 16 1 7A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/397-new-coccolepidid-from-patagonia Gen. et comb. nov ValidLópez-Arbarello, Sferco & RauhutLate JurassicCañadón Calcáreo FormationArgentinaA coccolepidid, a member of Chondrostei; a new genus for "Oligopleurus" groeberi Bordas (1943). Genus might also include Early Cretaceous species "Coccolepis" woodwardi Waldman (1971) from Australia.Adriana López-Arbarello Martin Ebert 2021 Diversity of chondrostean fish Coccolepis from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago, Southern Germany Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 10.4202/app.00873.2021 240243638 free CretargentinaLouis Taverne 2013 Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d'Apricena (Italie du Sud). 6°. Cretargentina chapmani gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Argentiniformes) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 37 73–80 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2037/Geologia%20Preistoria%2037/7_Taverne_6o.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidTaverneLate Cretaceous (Santonian)ItalyA member of Argentiniformes belonging to the family Pattersonellidae. The type species is Cretargentina chapmani.Ctenodus allodensE. L. Sharp J. A. Clack A review of the Carboniferous lungfish genus Ctenodus Agassiz, 1838 from the United Kingdom, with new data from an articulated specimen of Ctenodus interruptus Barkas, 1869 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104 2 2013 10.1017/S1755691013000479 169–204 2013EESTR.104..169S 129223529 Sp. novValidSharp & ClackCarboniferous (Viséan)Dunnet ShaleUnited KingdomDalgoichthysKatia A. González-Rodríguez Hans-Peter Schultze Gloria Arratia 2013 Miniature armored acanthomorph teleosts from the Albian/Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of Mexico Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 457–487 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d17.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidGonzález-Rodríguez, Schultze & ArratiaCretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)El Doctor FormationMexicoAn acanthomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Dalgoichthys tropicalis.Diaphus aequalisSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate Miocene to Pliocene (Piacenzian)Bowden Formation Cubagua Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Mao Formation Shinzato FormationDominican Republic Jamaica Japan Panama Philippines VenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus apalusSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate Miocene to early PlioceneChagres Formation Gatun Formation Nancy Point FormationPanama VenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus barrigonensisSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian) to Pliocene (Zanclean)Chagres Formation Cubagua FormationPanama VenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus capaxSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraPliocene (Zanclean)Cubagua FormationVenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus coatesiSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraPlioceneEscudo de Veraguas FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus depressifronsSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate Miocene to middle PlioceneBowden Formation Cayo Agua Formation Cubagua Formation Nancy Point Formation Shark Hole Point FormationJamaica Panama VenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus draconisSp. nov ValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus ecuadorensisSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (Messinian)Onzole FormationEcuadorA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus gatunensisSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate MioceneAngostura Formation Gatun FormationEcuador PanamaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus multiserratusSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate MioceneNancy Point FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus paxtoniSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraPlioceneBowden Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Shark Hole Point FormationJamaica PanamaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diaphus rodrigueziSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian)Chagres FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.Diogenichthys aguileraiSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (late Aquitanian to Burdigalian)Quinfangondo FormationAngolaA lanternfish, a species of Diogenichthys.Diogenichthys hulleyiSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA lanternfish, a species of Diogenichthys.DorsetichthysGen. et comb. novValidArratiaEarly JurassicUnited Kingdom A new genus for "Pholidophorus" bechei Agassiz (1837).framelessEdenopteronBen Young Robert L. Dunstone Timothy J. Senden Gavin C. Young 2013 A Gigantic Sarcopterygian (Tetrapodomorph Lobe-Finned Fish) from the Upper Devonian of Gondwana (Eden, New South Wales, Australia) PLOS ONE 8 3 e53871 10.1371/journal.pone.0053871 23483884 3590215 2013PLoSO...853871Y free Gen. et sp. nov ValidYoung et al.Late Devonian (Famennian)AustraliaA mandageriine tristichopterid tetrapodomorph. The type species is Edenopteron keithcrooki.framelessEuclichthys lawsoniSp. nov ValidNolf & Rundle in NolfEoceneUnited KingdomA species of Euclichthys.Foa obesaSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA cardinalfish, a species of Foa.Gaidropsarus pilleriGiorgio Carnevale Mathias Harzhauser 2013 Middle Miocene rockling (Teleostei, Gadidae) from the Paratethys (St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria) Bulletin of Geosciences 88 3 609–620 http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/contents/art1432 10.3140/bull.geosci.1432 free 2318/138836 free Sp. nov ValidCarnevale & HarzhauserMiddle MioceneAustriaA species of Gaidropsarus.Gasterosteus kamoensisMikhail V. Nazarkin Yoshitaka Yabumoto Atsushi Urabe 2013 A New Miocene Three-Spined Stickleback (Pisces: Gasterosteidae) from Central Japan Paleontological Research 16 4 318–328 10.2517/1342-8144-16.4.318 83952657 Sp. nov ValidNazarkin, Yabumoto & UrabeLate MioceneMinamiimogawa FormationJapanA stickleback, a species of Gasterosteus.GhrisichthysLionel Cavin Peter L. Forey Samuel Giersch 2013 Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, 1866) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 2 115–177 10.1080/14772019.2012.691559 83807640 Gen. et comb. nov ValidCavin, Forey & GierschLate Cretaceous (Turonian)MoroccoAn ichthyodectid, a new genus for "Ichthyodectes" bardacki.GladiopycnodusLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2013 Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera European Journal of Taxonomy 57 1–30 10.5852/ejt.2013.57 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA pycnodontiform. The type species is Gladiopycnodus karami.Gnathophis genaultiSp. nov ValidNolf & Rundle in NolfPaleoceneA species of Gnathophis.HanduichthysGen. et sp. nov ValidGonzález-Rodríguez, Schultze & ArratiaCretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)El Doctor FormationMexicoA member of Beryciformes. The type species is Handuichthys interopercularis.Holoptychius bergmanniJason P. Downs Edward B. Daeschler Farish A. Jenkins Jr. Neil H. Shubin 2013 Holoptychius bergmanni sp. nov. (Sarcopterygii, Porolepiformes) from the Upper Devonian of Nunavut, Canada, and a Review of Holoptychius Taxonomy Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 162 1 47–59 10.1635/053.162.0104 129457144 Sp. nov ValidDowns et al.Late Devonian (Frasnian)Fram FormationCanadaA holoptychiid sarcopterygian, a species of Holoptychius.KnerichthysGen. novValidArratiaLate Triassic (Carnian)Italy A relative of Pholidophorus, a new genus for "Pholidophorus" bronni Kner (1866).KokuraichthysYoshitaka Yabumoto 2013 Kokuraichthys tokuriki n. gen. and sp., Early Cretaceous osteoglossomorph fish in Kyushu, Japan Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) 11 67–72 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256422677 Gen. et sp. nov ValidYabumotoEarly CretaceousDobaru FormationJapanA hiodontiform. The type species is Kokuraichthys tokuriki.Lampadena scaphaSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian) to Pliocene (Piacenzian)Chagres Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Nakosi FormationWerner Schwarzhans Fumio Ohe 2019 Lanternfish otoliths (Teleostei, Myctophidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Japan Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125 2 355–400 10.13130/2039-4942/11670 Shinzato FormationFiji Japan PanamaA lanternfish, a species of Lampadena.Lampanyctus reductusSp. nov ValidSchwarzhansMiocene (early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA lanternfish, a species of Lampanyctus.Lepidophanes brassoensisSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Burdigalian to Langhian)Brasso FormationTrinidad and Tobago (Trinidad)A lanternfish, a species of Lepidophanes.Lepidophanes inflectusSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian) Pliocene (Zanclean)Chagres Formation Cubagua FormationPanama VenezuelaA lanternfish, a species of Lepidophanes.Lesueurigobius ewonguensisSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA goby, a species of Lesueurigobius.Lobianchia johnfitchiSp. novValidSchwarzhans & AguileraLate Miocene to early PlioceneNancy Point FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Lobianchia.LophionotusSarah Z. Gibson 2013 A new hump-backed ginglymodian fish (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1037–1050 10.1080/02724634.2013.758125 2013JVPal..33.1037G 129797885 Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidGibsonLate Triassic to Early JurassicChinle Formation Moenave FormationUnited StatesA member of Semionotiformes. The type species is Lophionotus sanjuanensis Gibson (2013); genus also contains Lophionotus chinleana Gibson (2013), as well as "Semionotus" kanabensis Schaeffer and Dunkle (1950).Sarah Z. Gibson 2013 Biodiversity and Evolutionary History of †Lophionotus (Neopterygii: †Semionotiformes) from the Western United States Copeia 2013 4 582–603 10.1643/CI-12-028 85755730 free LuopingcoelacanthusWen Wen Qi-Yue Zhang Shi-Xue Hu Michael J. Benton Chang-Yong Zhou Xie Tao Huang-Jin Yuan Zhong-Qiang Chen 2013 Coelacanths from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota, Yunnan, South China, with the earliest evidence of ovoviviparity Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 1 175–193 https://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110066.html 10.4202/app.2011.0066 free Gen. et sp. novValidWen et al..AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA coelacanth. The type species is Luopingcoelacanthus eurylacrimalis.MahengichthysMatthew P. Davis Gloria Arratia Thomas M. Kaiser 2013 The first fossil shellear and its implications for the evolution and divergence of the Kneriidae (Teleostei: Gonorynchiformes) Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 325–362 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d13.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidDavis, Arratia & KaiserMiddle Eocene (Lutetian, 46 to 45 Ma)TanzaniaA member of Kneriidae. The type species is Mahengichthys singidaensis.MarathonichthysAlan Bartholomai 2013 New teleosts (Elopomorpha: Albuliformes) from the Lower Cretaceous (Late Albian) of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58 73–94 10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-09 free Gen. et sp. novValidBartholomaiEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Toolebuc FormationAustraliaA member of Albuliformes. The type species is M. coyleorum.MesetaichthysMałgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk Niels Bonde Peter Rask Møller Andrzej Gaździcki 2013 Eocene relatives of cod icefishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from Seymour Island, Antarctica Geological Quarterly 57 4 567–582 10.7306/gq.1112 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidBieńkowska-Wasiluk et al.Early EoceneLa Meseta FormationAntarcticaA member of Notothenioidei. The type species is Mesetaichthys jerzmanskae.MonocerichthysGen. et sp. nov ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA pycnodontiform. The type species is Monocerichthys scheuchzeri.Myctophum arcanumSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian)Chagres FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Myctophum.Myctophum degraciaiSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (late Tortonian)Chagres FormationPanamaA lanternfish, a species of Myctophum.Myctophum mundulumSp. nov ValidSchwarzhans & AguileraMiocene (Langhian)Brasso FormationTrinidad and Tobago (Trinidad)A lanternfish, a species of Myctophum.Nardodercetis garganoiLouis Taverne 2013 Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d'Apricena (Italie du Sud). 5°. Nardodercetis garganoi sp. nov. (Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Dercetidae) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 37 67–72 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2037/Geologia%20Preistoria%2037/6_Taverne_5o.pdf Sp. nov ValidTaverneLate Cretaceous (Santonian)ItalyA member of Aulopiformes belonging to the group Enchodontoidei and the family Dercetidae; a species of Nardodercetis.Orthocormus roeperiGloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze 2013 Outstanding features of a new Late Jurassic pachycormiform fish from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany and comments on current understanding of pachycormiforms Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 87–120 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d04.pdf Sp. nov ValidArratia & SchultzeLate Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)GermanyA member of Pachycormiformes, a species of Orthocormus.framelessPacorichthysCristina Lombardo 2013 A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Late Ladinian of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106 2 219–230 10.1007/s00015-013-0125-9 129121812 free 2013SwJG..106..219L Gen. et sp. nov ValidLombardoMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Meride LimestoneSwitzerlandA basal member of Actinopterygii. The type species is Pacorichthys sangiorgii.Palaeogadus schwarzhansiAndriy Bratishko Mykola Udovichenko 2013 Fish otoliths from the Early Oligocene of Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270 2 195–208 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0366 Sp. nov ValidBratishko & UdovichenkoOligocene (Rupelian)Uzunbas FormationKazakhstanA merlucciid gadiform, a species of Palaeogadus.Palimphyes stolyaroviSp. nov ValidBratishko & UdovichenkoOligocene (Rupelian)Uzunbas FormationKazakhstanA euzaphlegid, a species of Palimphyes.ParalampadenaGen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov ValidSchwarzhansMioceneAngola Czech Republic Gabon Italy RomaniaA lanternfish. The type species is Paralampadena gabonensis; genus also contain new species Paralampadena angolensis and Paralampadena solida, as well as Paralampadena gracile (Schubert, 1912).ParalebiasJean Gaudant 2013 Occurrence of poeciliid fishes (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) in the European Oligo-Miocene: the genus Paralebias nov. gen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 267 2 215–222 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0305 Gen. et comb. novValidGaudantOligocene to MioceneEuropeA procatopodine poeciliid fish; a new genus for four species of poeciliids, including "Lebias" cephalotes Agassiz (1839), "Prolebias" egeranus Laube (1901) and "Prolebias" malzi Reichenbacher & Gaudant (2003).PepemkayJesús Alvarado-Ortega Bruno Andrés Than-Marchese 2013 The first record of a North American Cenomanian Trachichthyidae fish (Acanthomorpha, Acanthopterygii), Pepemkay maya, gen. et sp. nov., from El Chango Quarry (Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 1 48–57 10.1080/02724634.2012.712585 2013JVPal..33...48A 129572908 Gen. et sp. nov ValidAlvarado-Ortega & Than-MarcheseLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Sierra Madre FormationMexicoA lissoberycine slimehead. The type species is Pepemkay maya.framelessPerca neopleistocenicaO. M. Kovalchuk 2013 New Fossil Perca Fish (Teleostei, Percidae) from the Neopleistocenian Sediments of Southern Ukraine Vestnik Zoologii 47 4 377–380 10.2478/vzoo-2013-0041 free Sp. nov ValidKovalchukPleistoceneUkraineA perch.Porolepis foxiZerina Johanson Per Erik Ahlberg Alex Ritchie 2013 First record of Porolepis (Sarcopterygii; Porolepiformes) from eastern Gondwana Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50 3 249–253 10.1139/cjes-2012-0063 2013CaJES..50..249J Sp. nov ValidJohanson, Ahlberg & RitchieDevonian (?Pragian–Emsian or Eifelian)Mulga Downs GroupAustraliaA porolepiform sarcopterygian, a species of Porolepis.PotanichthysGuang-Hui Xu Li-Jun Zhao Ke-Qin Gao Fei-Xiang Wu 2013 A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 1750 20122261 10.1098/rspb.2012.2261 23118437 3574442Gen. et sp. novValidXu et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaA relative of Thoracopterus capable of over-water gliding. The type species is Potanichthys xingyiensis. The species might be synonymous with the species Thoracopterus wushaensis Tintori et al. (2012).Zuo-Yu Sun Cristina Lombardo Andrea Tintori Da-Yong Jiang 2015 A new species of Altisolepis (Peltopleuriformes, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Southern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e909819 10.1080/02724634.2014.909819 2015JVPal..35E9819S 83593398 framelessPseudomonocentrisGen. et sp. nov ValidGonzález-Rodríguez, Schultze & ArratiaCretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)El Doctor FormationMexicoA member of Beryciformes. The type species is Pseudomonocentris microspinosus.Pterothrissus caspiensisSp. nov ValidBratishko & UdovichenkoOligocene (Rupelian)Uzunbas FormationKazakhstanA species of Pterothrissus.RhinopycnodusLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2013 Osteology and relationships of Rhinopycnodus gabriellae gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon European Journal of Taxonomy 67 1–14 10.5852/ejt.2013.67 free https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/291376.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA pycnodontid pycnodontiform. The type species is Rhinopycnodus gabriellae.RostropycnodusGen. et sp. nov ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA pycnodontiform. The type species is Rostropycnodus gayeti.Saccogaster batangaSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA viviparous brotula, a species of Saccogaster.SakhaliniaMikhail V. Nazarkin Giorgio Carnevale Alexandre F. Bannikov 2013 A new greenling (Teleostei, Cottoidei) from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4 794–803 10.1080/02724634.2013.746692 2013JVPal..33..794N 129233792 Gen. et sp. nov ValidNazarkin, Carnevale & BannikovMioceneAgnevo FormationRussiaA member of Hexagrammidae. The type species is Sakhalinia multispinata.Salminus noriegaiAlberto Luis Cione María de Las Mercedes Azpelicueta 2013 The first fossil species of Salminus, a conspicuous South American freshwater predatory fish (Teleostei, Characiformes), found in the Miocene of Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1051–1060 10.1080/02724634.2013.769000 2013JVPal..33.1051C 86331991 11336/76817 free Sp. novValidCione & AzpelicuetaMiocene (early Tortonian)ArgentinaA species of Salminus.SapperichthysCesar R. L. Amaral Jesús Alvarado-Ortega Paulo M. Brito 2013 Sapperichthys gen. nov., a new gonorynchid from the Cenomanian of Chiapas, Mexico Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 305–323 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d12.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidAmaral, Alvarado-Ortega & BritoLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Sierra Madre FormationMexicoA relative of the beaked salmon. The type species is Sapperichthys chiapanensis.Saurichthys grignaeAndrea Tintori 2013 A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (Early Ladinian) of the Northern Grigna Mountain (Lombardy, Italy) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119 3 287–302 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259221068 10.13130/2039-4942/6041 Sp. nov ValidTintoriMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Buchenstein FormationItalyA member of Saurichthyiformes, a species of Saurichthys.Saurida teneraSp. nov ValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA lizardfish, a species of Saurida.Secutor africanusSp. novValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA ponyfish, a species of Secutor.SlovenitriacanthusJames C. Tyler Matija Križnar 2013 A new genus and species, Slovenitriacanthus saksidai, from southwestern Slovenia, of the Upper Cretaceous basal tetraodontiform fish family Cretatriacanthidae (Plectocretacicoidea) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 37 45–56 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2037/Geologia%20Preistoria%2037/4_J.Tyler_M.Krizner.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidTyler & KrižnarLate Cretaceous (late Santonian-early Campanian)Lipica FormationSloveniaA cretatriacanthid plectocretacicoid tetraodontiform. The type species is Slovenitriacanthus saksidai.SongaichthysLouis Taverne 2013 Osteology and relationships of Songaichthys luctacki gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ankylophoriformes ord. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic (Songa Limestones) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo) Geo-Eco-Trop 37 1 33–52 https://www.geoecotrop.be/uploads/publications/pub_371_02.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidTaverneMiddle JurassicStanleyville FormationDemocratic Republic of the CongoA member of Teleostei related to Ankylophorus. The type species is Songaichthys luctacki.StewartichthysGen. et sp. novValidBartholomaiEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Toolebuc FormationAustraliaPossibly a member of Albuliformes. The type species is S. leichhardti.Stolephorus favoniusSp. nov ValidSchwarzhansMiocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonAn anchovy, a species of Stolephorus.SylvienodusFrancisco José Poyato-Ariza 2013 Sylvienodus, a new replacement genus for the Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish "Pycnodus" laveirensis Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 2 91–100 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.01.001 2013CRPal..12...91P Gen. et comb. nov ValidPoyato-ArizaLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)PortugalA pycnodontiform; a new genus for "Pycnodus" laveirensis.Teoichthys brevipinaGiselle P. Machado Jesús Alvarado-Ortega Lúcio Paulo Machado Paulo M. Brito 2013 Teoichthys brevipina, sp. nov., a new ophiopsid fish (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayúa Formation, Central Mexico Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 2 482–487 10.1080/02724634.2013.729962 2013JVPal..33..482M 85961129 Sp. nov ValidMachado et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)Tlayúa FormationMexicoAn ophiopsid ionoscopiform halecomorph neopterygian, a species of Teoichthys.ThaiichthysLionel Cavin Uthumporn Deesri Varavudh Suteethorn 2013 Osteology and relationships of Thaiichthys nov. gen.: a Ginglymodi from the Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous of Thailand Palaeontology 56 1 183–208 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01184.x free 2013Palgy..56..183C Gen. et comb. novValidCavin, Deesri & SuteethornLate Jurassic or Early CretaceousThailandA stem lepisosteiform, a new genus for "Lepidotes" buddhabutrensis Cavin et al. (2003).ThorectichthysAlison M. Murray Mark V. H. Wilson 2013 Two new paraclupeid fishes (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 267–290 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d10.pdf Gen. et 2 sp. nov ValidMurray & WilsonLate Cretaceous (possibly late Cenomanian, but more probably early Turonian)Akrabou FormationMoroccoA paraclupeid, a member of Clupeomorpha and Ellimmichthyiformes. Genus contains two species: Thorectichthys marocensis and Thorectichthys rhadinus.Vinciguerria yombeensisSp. nov ValidSchwarzhansMiocene (early Tortonian)Mandorové FormationGabonA member of Phosichthyidae, a species of Vinciguerria.Xenyllion stewartiMichael G. Newbrey Alison M. Murray Mark V. H. Wilson Donald B. Brinkman Andrew G. Neuman 2013 A new species of the paracanthopterygian Xenyllion (Sphenocephaliformes) from the Mowry Formation (Cenomanian) of Utah, USA Gloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze Mark V. H. Wilson Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 363–384 978-3-89937-159-8 http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/pdf/4_59d14.pdf Sp. nov ValidNewbrey et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Mowry FormationUnited StatesA sphenocephalid acanthomorph, a species of Xenyllion.YelangichthysFeixiang Wu Mee-mann Chang Yuanlin Sun Guanghui Xu 2013 A New Saurichthyiform (Actinopterygii) with a Crushing Feeding Mechanism from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou (China) PLOS ONE 8 12 e81010 10.1371/journal.pone.0081010 24324657 3852010 2013PLoSO...881010W free Gen. et sp. nov ValidWu et al.Middle TriassicGuanling FormationChinaA yelangichthyid saurichthyiform. The type species is Yelangichthys macrocephalus.framelessYunnancoelacanthusGen. et sp. novValidWen et al..AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA coelacanth. The type species is Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus.ZambellichthysGen. et sp. novValidArratiaLate Triassic (Norian)Italy A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Zambellichthys bergamensis. References 3 Category:Lists of animals Category:2010s in paleontology Paleontology Category:2013 in paleontology