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This list of fossil fish species is a list of taxa of fish that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Newly named jawless vertebrates
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDiademaspis janvieriJoseph N. Keating Robert S. Sansom Mark A. Purnell 2012 A new osteostracan fauna from the Devonian of the Welsh Borderlands and observations on the taxonomy and growth of Osteostraci Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 5 1002–1017 10.1080/02724634.2012.693555 32317622 https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-new-osteostracan-fauna-from-the-devonian-of-the-welsh-borderlands-and-observations-on-the-taxonomy-and-growth-of-osteostraci(f26dc7d2-e1eb-4ac3-930e-5d4c8f637d97).html Sp. novValidKeating, Sansom & PurnellEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Wayne Herbert QuarryUnited KingdomA member of Osteostraci, a species of Diademapsis.DunyuZhu Min Liu Yu-Hai Jia Lian-Tao Gai Zhi-Kun 2012 A new genus of eugaleaspidiforms (Agnatha: Galeaspida) from the Ludlow, Silurian of Qujing, Yunnan, Southwestern China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 1 1–7 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201202/P020120209570559195969.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.01.001 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidZhu, Liu, Jia & GaiSilurianHuixingshao Formation
Kuanti FormationChinaA eugaleaspidiform galeaspid. Its type species is Dunyu longiforus; genus also contains "Eugaleaspis" xiushanensis Liu 1983.JanaspisGen. et comb et 2 sp. novValidKeating, Sansom & PurnellEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Wayne Herbert QuarryUnited KingdomA new genus of Osteostraci including the type species "Cephalaspis" pagei Lankester, 1868Lankester E. R. 1868 Monograph of fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Britain. Part I. The Cephalaspidae The Palaeontographical Society, London. 62pp and new species J. newtonensis and J. punctata.KerreralepisHenning Blom 2012 New birkeniid anaspid from the Lower Devonian of Scotland and its phylogenetic implications Palaeontology 55 3 641–652 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01142.x free Gen. et sp. novValidBlomLower DevonianUnited KingdomA birkeniid anaspid. The type species is Kerreralepis carinata.Waengsjoeaspis platycornisBradley R. Scott Mark V. H. Wilson 2012 A new species of Waengsjoeaspis (Cephalaspidomorpha, Osteostraci) from the Early Devonian of northwestern Canada, with a redescription of W. nahanniensis and implications for growth, variation, morphology, and phylogeny Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 6 1235–1253 10.1080/02724634.2012.694514 85933206 Sp. novValidScott & WilsonEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Man On The Hill LagerstätteCanadaA member of Osteostraci, a species of Waengsjoeaspis.Zenaspis waynensisSp. novValidKeating, Sansom & PurnellEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Wayne Herbert QuarryUnited KingdomA member of Osteostraci, a species of Zenaspis.
Newly named acanthodians
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHalimacanthodesCarole J. Burrow Kate Trinajstic John Long 2012 First acanthodian from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia Historical Biology 24 4 349–357 10.1080/08912963.2012.660150 128481092 Gen. et sp. novValidBurrow, Trinajstic & LongLate Devonian (Frasnian)Gogo FormationAustraliaAn acanthodiform acanthodian. The type species is Halimacanthodes ahlbergi.Machaeracanthus goujetiHéctor Botella Carlos Martínez-Pérez Rodrigo Soler-Gijón 2012 Machaeracanthus goujeti n. sp. (Acanthodii) from the Lower Devonian of Spain and northwest France, with special reference to spine histology Geodiversitas 34 4 761–783 http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/48093_g2012n4a3.pdf 10.5252/g2012n4a3 55889993 2013-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214160919/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/48093_g2012n4a3.pdf 2013-12-14 dead Sp. novValidBotella, Martínez-Pérez & Soler-GijónEarly DevonianFrance
SpainA species of Machaeracanthus.PodoliacanthusVictor Voichyshyn Hubert Szaniawski 2012 Acanthodian jaw bones from Lower Devonian marine deposits of Podolia, Ukraine http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110079.html Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 4 879–896 10.4202/app.2011.0079 free Gen. et sp. novValidVoichyshyn & SzaniawskiEarly Devonian, possibly also late Silurian.Ukraine
GreenlandAn ischnacanthiform, possibly an ischnacanthid. The type species is Podoliacanthus zychi; also contains three yet unnamed species.
Newly named cartilaginous fishes
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbdounia lataT. P. Malyshkina 2012 New sharks of the genus Abdounia (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Upper Eocene of the Trans-Ural Region Paleontological Journal 46 4 392–399 10.1134/S0031030112040053 83845167 Sp. nov
ValidMalyshkinaLate EoceneTavda FormationRussiaA requiem shark, a species of Abdounia.Abdounia vassilyevaeSp. nov
ValidMalyshkinaLate EoceneTavda FormationRussiaA requiem shark, a species of Abdounia.AgaleorhynchusGuillaume Guinot Henri Cappetta Charlie J. Underwood David J. Ward amp 2012 Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 3 445–474 10.1080/14772019.2011.588255 129777967 Gen. et sp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian)United KingdomA sclerorhynchid. The type species is Agaleorhynchus britannicus.ArgoubiaSylvain Adnet Henri Cappetta Guillaume Guinot Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara amp 2012 Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 1 132–159 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x free Gen. et sp. nov
ValidAdnet et al.Late EoceneMoroccoA mobulid. The type species is Argoubia barbei.AustralopristisDavid M. Martill Nizar Ibrahim amp 2012 Aberrant rostral teeth of the sawfish Onchopristis numidus from the Kem Kem beds (?early Late Cretaceous) of Morocco and a reappraisal of Onchopristis in New Zealand Journal of African Earth Sciences 64 71–76 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.11.009 2012JAfES..64...71M Gen. et sp. nov
ValidMartill & IbrahimLate CretaceousNew ZealandA sawfish. The type species is Australopristis wiffeni.Borodinopristis shannoniGerard R. Case Todd D. Cook Mark V.H. Wilson Paul D. Borodin amp 2012 A new species of the sclerorhynchid sawfish Borodinopristis from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of North Carolina, USA Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 24 6 592–597 10.1080/08912963.2012.663367 84277846 Sp. nov
ValidCase et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian)United StatesA sclerorhynchid sawfish, a species of Borodinopristis.Carcharodon hubbelliDana J. Ehret Bruce J. MacFadden Douglas S. Jones Thomas J. Devries David A. Foster Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi amp 2012 Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru Palaeontology 55 6 1139–1153 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01201.x free Sp. nov
ValidEhret et al.Late MiocenePisco FormationPeruA lamnid shark, a species of Carcharodon.CretaplatyrhinoidisGen. et sp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)France
United KingdomA platyrhinid. The type species is Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus.CromhalliaClaire Behan Gordon Walken Gilles Cuny amp 2012 A Carboniferous chondrichthyan assemblage from residues within a Triassic karst system at Cromhall quarry, Gloucestershire, England Palaeontology 55 6 1245–1263 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01193.x free Gen. et sp. nov
ValidBehan, Walken & CunyEarly CarboniferousUnited KingdomA chondrichthyan of indeterminate phylogenetic relationships. The type species is Cromhallia parvunda.DuffinselachePlamen S. Andreev Gilles Cuny 2012 New Triassic stem selachimorphs (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and their bearing on the evolution of dental enameloid in Neoselachii Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2 255–266 10.1080/02724634.2012.644646 84162775 Gen. et comb. novValidAndreev & CunyRhaetianUnited KingdomA shark, a new genus for "Polyacrodus" holwellensis (Duffin, 1998).Eoplinthicus underwoodiSp. nov
ValidAdnet et al.Late EoceneMoroccoA mobulid, a species of Eoplinthicus.Fragilicorona wanlantricuspisBaomin Zhang Xiaohong Chen Long Cheng Miao Zhang amp 2012 Middle Triassic (Ladinian) elasmobranch scales from the southwestern Guizhou, China Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 29 1 52–61 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201201006&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq 2015-12-14 2015-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135427/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201201006&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq dead Sp. nov
ValidZhang et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Zhuganpo FormationChinaAn elasmobranch, a species of Fragilicorona.GaleocoraxH. Cappetta Handbook of Paleoichthyology Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 512pp 978-3-89937-148-2 2012 Nom. nov
ValidCappettaLate CretaceousUnited Kingdom
United StatesA shark related to Pseudocorax;Henri Cappetta Sylvain Adnet Driss Akkrim Mohamed Amalik 2014 New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco Palæovertebrata 38 2–e3 1–13 http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/52 10.18563/pv.38.2.e3 subscription a replacement name for Paracorax Cappetta (1977).Glabrisubcorona triridgecoronaSp. nov
ValidZhang et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Zhuganpo FormationChinaAn elasmobranch, a species of Glabrisubcorona.IsacrodusAlexander Ivanov Merlynd Nestell Galina Nestell 2012 New jalodontid chondrichthyans from the Middle Permian of West Texas, USA Historical Biology 24 4 359–368 10.1080/08912963.2012.662229 140576555 Gen. et sp. novValidIvanov, Nestell & NestellMiddle Permian (Roadian)Cutoff FormationUnited StatesA jalodontid chondrichthyan. The type species is Isacrodus marthae.KaibabvenatorJohn-Paul M. Hodnett David K. Elliott Tom J. Olson James H. Wittke 2012 Ctenacanthiform sharks from the Permian Kaibab Formation, northern Arizona Historical Biology 24 4 381–395 10.1080/08912963.2012.683193 85332499 Gen. et sp. novValidHodnett et al.Permian (Late Leonardian)Kaibab LimestoneUnited StatesA ctenacanthiform. The type species is Kaibabvenator swiftae.NanocoraxNom. nov
ValidCappettaLate CretaceousFrance
United Kingdom
United StatesA member of Anacoracidae; a replacement name for Microcorax Cappetta & Case (1975).Nanoskalme Gen. et sp. novValidHodnett et al.Permian (Late Leonardian)Kaibab LimestoneUnited StatesA ctenacanthiform. The type species is Nanoskalme natans.Neosaivodus Gen. et sp. novValidHodnett et al.Permian (Late Leonardian)Kaibab LimestoneUnited StatesA ctenacanthiform. The type species is Neosaivodus flagstaffensis.Odontaspis watinensisTodd D. Cook Mark V. H. Wilson Alison M. Murray A. Guy Plint Michael G. Newbrey Michael J. Everhart 2013 A high latitude euselachian assemblage from the early Turonian of Alberta, Canada Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 5 555–587 10.1080/14772019.2012.707990 129551937 Sp novValid http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/0B658442-06A8-4FB0-8E0E-DFA614142285 ZooBank.orgCook et al.Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)Kaskapau FormationCanadaA species of Odontaspis.OromobulaGen. et sp. nov
ValidAdnet et al.Late EoceneMoroccoA mobulid. The type species is Oromobula dakhlaensis.Parasquatina jarvisiGuillaume Guinot Charlie J. Underwood Henri Cappetta David J. Ward 2012 Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888 Palaeontology 55 3 529–551 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01140.xSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early late Campanian)France
United KingdomA squatiniform, a species of Parasquatina.Parasquatina justinensisSp novValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceA squatiniform, a species of Parasquatina.Plesiobatis vandenboschiT. Bor T. Reinecke S. Verschueren 2012 Miocene Chondrichthyes from Winterswijk – Miste, the Netherlands Palaeontos 21 1–136 http://www.palaeontos.be/21/det21.html Sp. novValidBor, Reinecke & VerschuerenMiocene (early Langhian)Breda FormationNetherlandsA relative of the deepwater stingray.ProteothrinaxFriedrich H. Pfeil Proteothrinax, a new replacement name for Thrinax Pfeil, 1983 (Elasmobranchii: Chlamydoselachidae) Friedrich H. Pfeil Piscium Catalogus: Elasmobranchii, Pars 1 – Proteothrinax nom. nov. Piscium Catalogus. Part Otolithi Piscium Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 1 0724-9012 2012 Nom. novValidPfeilEocene (Lutetian)Weitwies SubformationAustriaA member of Chlamydoselachidae; a replacement name for Thrinax Pfeil (1983).PseudoplatyrhinaGen. et sp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian)France
United KingdomA platyrhinid. The type species is Pseudoplatyrhina crispa.Ptychotrygonoides sabatieriSp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian)FranceA ptychotrygonid, possibly a relative of sclerorhynchids; a species of Ptychotrygonoides."Rhinobatos" seruensisSp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)FranceA guitarfish, a possible species of Rhinobatos.RhomaleodusGen. et sp. novValidAndreev & CunyAnisianBulgariaA shark. The type species is Rhomaleodus budurovi.Rugosicorona circacarinaSp. novValidZhang et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Zhuganpo FormationChinaAn elasmobranch, a species of Rugosicorona.Sphenacanthus riorastoensisVictor Eduardo Pauliv Eliseu Vieira Dias Fernando Antonio Sedor amp 2012 A new species of sphenacanthid (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin), southern Brazil Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 15 3 243–250 10.4072/rbp.2012.3.01 free Sp. nov
ValidPauliv, Dias & SedorPermian (Wordian to Wuchiapingian)Rio do Rasto FormationBrazilA species of Sphenacanthus.Squatirhina draytoniSp. nov
ValidGuinot et al.Late Cretaceous (late Early Cenomanian to middle Turonian)France
United KingdomA guitarfish, a species of Squatirhina.TantalepisIvan J. Sansom Neil S. Davies Michael I. Coates Robert S. Nicoll Alex Ritchie 2012 Chondrichthyan-like scales from the Middle Ordovician of Australia Palaeontology 55 2 243–247 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01127.x free Gen. et sp. novValidSansom et al.Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian)Stairway SandstoneAustraliaA gnathostome of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Tantalepis gatehousei.Texasodus Gen. et sp. novValidIvanov, Nestell & NestellMiddle Permian (late Wordian or early Capitanian)Bell Canyon FormationUSAA jalodontid chondrichthyan. The type species is Texasodus varidentatus.
Newly named bony fishes
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAglyptorhynchus hakatarameaMichael D. Gottfried R. Ewan Fordyce Seabourne Rust 2012 A new billfish (Perciformes, Xiphioidei) from the late Oligocene of New Zealand Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1 27–34 10.1080/02724634.2012.634471 131026816 sp novValidGottfried, Fordyce & RustLate OligoceneNew ZealandA billfishAmpheristus neobavaricusWerner Schwarzhans 2012 Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Bavaria (Kressenberg) and Austria (Kroisbach and Oiching-Graben) Palaeo Ichthyologica 12 1–88 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259233372 Sp. novValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus.Anguilla pfeiliSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian)Oiching FormationGermanyA member of Anguillidae, a species of Anguilla.Apsopelix miyazakiiYoshitaka Yabumoto Yoshinori Hikida Takanobu Nishino 2012 Apsopelix miyazakii, a New Species of Crossognathid Fish (Teleostei) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan Paleontological Research 16 1 37–46 10.2517/1342-8144-16.1.037 129122259 Sp. novValidYabumoto, Hikida & NishinoLate Cretaceous (Turonian)JapanA species of Apsopelix.Argyripnus kroisbachensisSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Sternoptychidae, a species of Argyripnus.Aspidopleurus kickapooJesús Alvarado-Ortega Héctor Gerardo Porras-Múzquiz amp 2012 The first American record of Aspidopleurus (Teleostei, Aulopiformes), from La Mula Quarry (Turonian), Coahuila State, Mexico Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 15 3 251–263 10.4072/rbp.2012.3.02Sp. nov
ValidAlvarado-Ortega & Porras-MúzquizLate Cretaceous (Turonian)Eagle Ford FormationMexicoAn aspidopleurid aulopiform, a species of Aspidopleurus.Aspistor verumquadriscutisOrangel Aguilera Alexander P. Marceniuk 2012 Aspistor verumquadriscutis, a new fossil species of sea catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Miocene of Venezuela Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 2 265–274 10.1007/s13358-012-0043-x 129352445 free sp novValidAguilera & MarceniukLate MioceneUrumaco FormationVenezuelaAn ariid, a species of Aspistor.Aulopus praeteritusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Aulopidae, a species of Aulopus.Bavariscopelus parvinavisSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian)Oiching FormationGermanyA member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Bavariscopelus.BawitiusGrandstaff, B. S Smith, J. B. Lamanna M. C. Lacovara, K. J. Abdel-Ghani M. S. 2012 Bawitius, gen. nov., a giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1 17–26 10.1080/02724634.2012.626823 140547157 Gen. et comb. novValidGrandstaff et al.CenomanianBahariya FormationEgyptA polypterid actinopterygian, a new genus for "Polypterus" bartheli (Schaal, 1984).Belonostomus marquesbritoiLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2012 Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 35°. Compléments à l'étude des halécostomes Belonostomus (Aspidorhynchiformes) et Pseudopycnodus (Pycnodontiformes) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 36 25–44 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2036/Geologia%20Preistoria%2036/02._Taverne_35.pdf Sp. nov
ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary)ItalyA member of Aspidorhynchiformes, a species of Belonostomus.BruehnopteronHans-Peter Schultze John W. Reed 2012 A tristichopterid sarcopterygian fish from the upper Middle Devonian of Nevada Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 24 4 425–440 10.1080/08912963.2012.673599 129828591 Gen. et sp. novValidSchultze & ReedMiddle DevonianUnited StatesA tristichopterid sarcopterygian. The type species is Bruehnopteron murphyi. The species was argued by Parfitt et al. (2014) to be likely junior synonym of Tinirau clackae.CarusoGiorgio Carnevale Theodore W. Pietsch 2012 †Caruso, a new genus of anglerfishes from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, with a comparative osteology and phylogeny of the teleost family Lophiidae Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 1 47–72 10.1080/14772019.2011.565083 84909483 Gen. et comb. novValidCarnevale & PietschEoceneItalyA lophiid anglerfish, a new genus for "Lophius" brachysomus (Agassiz).Centroberyx apogoniformisSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
Germany
United States(ArkansasTexas)A member of Berycidae, a species of Centroberyx.CyclogonostomaGen. et sp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Gonostomatidae. The type species is Cyclogonostoma disciformis.DanoscopelusGen. et comb. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Selandian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
DenmarkA member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "genus Myctophidarum" schnetleri Schwarzhans (2003).Dentex? solidusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Sparidae, possibly a species of Dentex.DeutschenchelysA. M. Prokofiev 2012 Oligocene eel from the Frauenweiler site (Germany) Journal of Ichthyology 52 1 11–18 10.1134/S0032945212010109 17707852 Gen. et sp. novValidProkofievEarly OligoceneGermanyAn eel, possibly a member of Moringuidae. The type species is Deutschenchelys micklichi.DiandongperleidusBing-he Geng Fan Jin Fei-xiang Wu Qiang Wang 2012 New perleidid fishes from the Middle Triassic strata of Yunnan Province Geological Bulletin of China 31 6 915–927 http://www.cgs.gov.cn/UploadFiles/2012_7_5/3/%E5%9C%B0%E8%B4%A8%E9%80%9A%E6%8A%A52012%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC6%E6%9C%9F-%E8%80%BF%E4%B8%99%E6%B2%B3.pdf 2013-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202136/http://www.cgs.gov.cn/UploadFiles/2012_7_5/3/%E5%9C%B0%E8%B4%A8%E9%80%9A%E6%8A%A52012%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC6%E6%9C%9F-%E8%80%BF%E4%B8%99%E6%B2%B3.pdf 2015-09-23 dead Gen. et sp. novValidGeng et al.Middle Triassic (middle or late Anisian)Guanling FormationChinaA perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Diandongperleidus denticulatus.Diretmus serrativenterSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA spinyfin related to the silver spinyfin.EchinelopsAlison M. Murray Izzet Hoşgör 2012 An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2 296–303 10.1080/02724634.2012.648248 86066742 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMurray & HoşgörEarly OligoceneTurkeyAn elopiform fish. The type species is Echinelops ozcani.Eotetraodon taverneiJames C. Tyler Alexandre F. Bannikov amp 2012 A new species of puffer fish, Eotetraodon tavernei, from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy (Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontiformes) Studi e Ricerche Sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, XIV - Miscellanea Paleontologica 11 51–58 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266089056 Sp. novValidTyler & BannikovEocene (Ypresian or Lutetian)ItalyA pufferfish, a species of Eotetraodon.EurolebiasWilson J. E. M. Costa 2012 Oligocene killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) from southern France: relationships, taxonomic position, and evidence of internal fertilization Vertebrate Zoology 62 3 371–386 10.3897/vz.62.e31397 free http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz62-3/04_vertebrate_zoology_62-3_costa_371-386.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidCostaLate OligoceneFranceA pupfish; a new genus for "Prolebias" meridionalis Gaudant (1978).Francolebias Gen. et comb. novValidCostaEarly OligoceneFranceA relative of Valencia; a new genus for "Prolebias" delphinensis Gaudant (1989) and "Lebias" aymardi Sauvage (1869).FrigosorbiniaAlexandre F. Bannikov James C. Tyler amp 2012 Redescription of the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, surgeon fish Pesciarichthys punctatus (Perciformes, Acanthuridae), and a new genus, Frigosorbinia, for P. baldwinae Studi e Ricerche Sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, XIV - Miscellanea Paleontologica 11 19–30 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266089043 Gen. et comb. novValidBannikov & TylerEoceneItalyA surgeonfish; a new genus for "Pesciarichthys" baldwinae Sorbini & Tyler (1998).FrippiaA.F. Bannikov G. Carnevale 2012 Frippia labroiformis n. gen. n. sp., a new perciform fish from the Eocene of Pesciara di Bolca, Italy Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51 3 155–165 http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/69/vol-51-3-2012/ 2013-12-14 2013-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214154441/http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/69/vol-51-3-2012/ usurped Gen. et sp. novValidBannikov & CarnevaleEoceneItalyA member of Percoidei. The type species is Frippia labroiformis. Fuyuanperleidus Gen. et sp. novValidGeng et al.Middle Triassic (late Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaA perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Fuyuanperleidus dengi.Galaxias angustiventrisWerner Schwarzhans R. Paul Scofield Alan J. D. Tennyson Jennifer P. Worthy Trevor H. Worthy 2012 Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 2 319–350 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100127.html 10.4202/app.2010.0127 free 2440/75818 free Sp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.Galaxias brevicaudaSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.Galaxias bobmcdowalliSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.Galaxias papilionisSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.Galaxias parvirostrisSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.Galaxias tabidusSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneNew ZealandA galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.GerpegezhusAlexandre F. Bannikov Giorgio Carnevale amp 2012 A long-bodied centriscoid fish from the basal Eocene of Kabardino-Balkaria, northern Caucasus, Russia Naturwissenschaften 99 5 379–389 10.1007/s00114-012-0912-6 22528022 2012NW.....99..379B 13999034
Gen. et sp. novValidBannikov & CarnevaleEarly EoceneRussiaA close relative of centriscids. The type species is Gerpegezhus paviai.Gnathophis probusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Congridae, a species of Gnathophis.Gorgasia? turgidusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Congridae, possibly a species of Gorgasia.Haemulon? conjugatorSp. novValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Selandian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Haemulidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement.HippotropiscisJure Žalohar Tomaž Hitij 2012 The first known fossil record of pygmy pipehorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampinae) from the Miocene Coprolitic Horizon, Tunjice Hills, Slovenia Annales de Paléontologie 98 2 131–151 10.1016/j.annpal.2012.02.003 Gen. et sp. novValidŽalohar & HitijMiddle MioceneSloveniaA hippocampine syngnathid. The type species is Hippotropiscis frenki.Holocentronotus blandusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Holocentridae, a species of Holocentronotus.Ictalurus countermaniJohn G. Lundberg Kyle R. Luckenbill 2012 A Late Miocene channel catfish (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae, Ictalurus) from the St. Marys Formation, Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 485 1–32 sp novValidLundberg & LuckenbillLate MioceneSt. Marys FormationUnited StatesA species of Ictalurus.IllusionellaE. M. Baykina 2012 A new clupeid genus (Pisces, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae) from the Sarmatian of the Eastern Paratethys, Krasnodar Region Paleontological Journal 46 3 302–312 10.1134/S0031030112030057 85281010 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidBaykinaMioceneRussiaA clupeid fish. Genus contains two species: Illusionella tsurevica and Illusionella pshekhensis. The genus Illusionella was subsequently synonymized with the genus Sarmatella Menner (1949) by Baykina (2013); however, Baykina kept the species I. tsurevica and I. pshekhensis as valid, distinct species within the genus Sarmatella.E. M. Baykina 2013 A revision of Clupea doljeana Kramberger and Sarmatella vukotinovici (Kramberger) (Pisces, Clupeidae) from the Sarmatian of Croatia Paleontological Journal 47 5 523–532 10.1134/S0031030113050043 83659668 Isozen mareikeaeSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Zeiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Parazenidae; a species of Isozen.Isurichthys breviusculusA. F. Bannikov 2012 The first record of the genus Isurichthys (Perciformes, Ariommatidae) in the Lower Oligocene of the Northern Caucasus Paleontological Journal 46 2 171–176 10.1134/S0031030112020025 84512853 Sp novValidBannikovLower OligoceneRussiaAn ariommatid, a species of Isurichthys.KressenbergichthysGen. et sp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Berycidae. The type species is Kressenbergichthys kuhni.KyphosichthysXu, G. -H. F.- X., Wu. 2012 A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians Chinese Science Bulletin 57 1 111–118 10.1007/s11434-011-4719-1 2012ChSBu..57..111X free Gen. et sp. novValidXu & WuMiddle AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA ginglymodian actinopterygian.Lactarius? simplexSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA relative of the false trevally.Lebonichthys nardoensisLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2012 Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 34°. Nardoelops nybelini gen. et sp. nov. et Lebonichthys nardoensis sp. nov. (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 36 3–24 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/Biblioteca/Bollettino/Bollettino%2036/Geologia%20Preistoria%2036/01._Taverne_34.pdf Sp. nov
ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary)ItalyA bonefish, a species of Lebonichthys.Luopingperleidus Gen. et sp. novValidGeng et al.Middle Triassic (middle or late Anisian)Guanling FormationChinaA perleidid perleidiform. The type species is Luopingperleidus sui.LuoxiongichthysWen Wen Qi-Yue Zhang Chang-Yong Zhou Jin-Yuan Huang Zhong Qiang Chen Michael J. Benton 2012 A new genus of basal actinopterygian fish from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Luoping, Yunnan Province, Southwest China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1 149–160 10.4202/app.2010.0089 free Gen. et sp. novValidWen et al.Middle AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA basal actinopterygian.MacrosemimimusKerstin M. Schröder Adriana López-Arbarello Martin Ebert 2012 Macrosemimimus, gen. nov. (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes), from the Late Jurassic of Germany, England, and France Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 512–529 10.1080/02724634.2012.649626 83811606 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidSchröder, López-Arbarello & EbertLate JurassicFrance
Germany
United KingdomA semionotiform. The type species is Macrosemimimus fegerti; "Lepidotes" lennieri (Sauvage, 1893) is a second species of Macrosemimimus.MataichthysGen. et sp. novValidSchwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson & T. Worthy in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandAn eleotrid. Contains M. bictenatus, M. procerus, M. rhinoceros, and M. taurinusMelamphaes? protoformaSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA ridgehead of uncertain phylogenetic placement.MercediellaStefan Koerber 2012 Mercediella nom. nov., a replacement name for Camposichthys Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1991 (Pisces: Pycnodontiformes) Bonn Zoological Bulletin 61 1 29–30 http://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_61_1/029_030_BzB61_1_Koerber_S.pdf Nom. novValidKoerberEarly CretaceousRiachuelo FormationBrazilA member of Pycnodontiformes; a replacement name for Camposichthys Figueiredo & Silva Santos (1991).NanaichthysCesar R. L. Amaral Paulo M. Brito 2012 A New Chanidae (Ostariophysii: Gonorynchiformes) from the Cretaceous of Brazil with Affinities to Laurasian Gonorynchiforms from Spain PLoS ONE 7 5 e37247 10.1371/journal.pone.0037247 22629376 3357423 2012PLoSO...737247A free Gen. et sp. novValidAmaral & BritoEarly Cretaceous, possibly AptianMarizal FormationBrazilA member of Chanidae. The type species is Nanaichthys longipinnus.NardoelopsGen. et sp. nov
ValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary)ItalyA member of Elopidae. The type species is Nardoelops nybelini.Nettastoma davejohnsoniSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Selandian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Nettastomatidae, a species of Nettastoma.Ogcocephalus? semenSp. novValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Ogcocephalidae, possibly a species of Ogcocephalus.Pachyrhizodus grawiAlan Bartholomai 2012 The pachyrhizodontid teleosts from the marine Lower Cretaceous (latest mid to late Albian) sediments of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56 1 119–148 10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.1.2012-10 Sp. novValidBartholomaiEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Allaru Formation
Toolebuc FormationAustraliaPalaeogadus? bratishkoiSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian and Thanetian)Kemp Clay
Oiching FormationAustria
Denmark
United States(Texas)Originally described as a member of Merlucciidae and a possible species of Palaeogadus. Subsequently reinterpreted as a stem gadiform of uncertain familial affinities and transferred to the genus Archaemacruroides by Schwarzhans & Stringer (2020).Werner Schwarzhans Gary L. Stringer 2020 Fish otoliths from the late Maastrichtian Kemp Clay (Texas, USA) and the early Danian Clayton Formation (Arkansas, USA) and an assessment of extinction and survival of teleost lineages across the K-Pg boundary based on otoliths Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126 2 395–446 10.13130/2039-4942/13425 PalatinichthysFlorian Witzmann Rainer R. Schoch 2012 A megalichthyid sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany Geobios 45 2 241–248 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002Gen. et sp. nov
ValidWitzmann & SchochLower PermianSaar–Nahe BasinGermanyA megalichthyid sarcopterygian. The type species is Palatinichthys laticeps.PaleotetraFernanda E. Weiss Luiz R. Malabarba Maria Claudia Malabarba 2012 Phylogenetic relationships of Paleotetra, a new characiform fish (Ostariophysi) with two new species from the Eocene-Oligocene of south-eastern Brazil Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 1 73–86 10.1080/14772019.2011.565082 84218377 Gen. et 2 sp.ValidWeiss, L. R. Malabarba & M. C. MalabarbaEocene to OligoceneBrazilA characiform, probably a characid. The genus contains two species: Paleotetra entrecorregos and Paleotetra aiuruoca.Paraconger vetustusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian)Oiching FormationGermanyA member of Congridae, a species of Paraconger.Paraulopus novellusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian, possibly Thanetian)Oiching FormationGermany
Austria?A species of Paraulopus.ParanaichthysEliseu Vieira Dias 2012 A new deep-bodied fossil fish (Actinopterygii) from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Paraná Basin, Brazil Zootaxa 3192 1–23 10.11646/zootaxa.3192.1.1 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03192p023f.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidDiasPermian, Guadalupian (Wordian or Capitanian)Rio do Rasto FormationBrazilA probable relative of Platysomus and other platysomids. The type species is Paranaichthys longianalis.ParawenzichthysF.J. de Figueiredo V. Gallo A.F.P. Delarmelina 2012 A new protacanthopterygian fish from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of the Pelotas Basin, southern Brazil Cretaceous Research 34 116–123 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009 Gen. et sp. novValidde Figueiredo, Gallo & DelarmelinaTuronianAtlântida FormationBrazilA protacanthopterygian.Platysepta kressenbergensisSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Sparidae, a species of Platysepta.Plesiopoma elegantissimaSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian)Oiching FormationGermanyA member of Acropomatidae, a species of Plesiopoma.Plesiopoma traubiSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Acropomatidae, a species of Plesiopoma.Polymixia politaSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA beardfish.Polyperca exsertaSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian)Oiching FormationGermanyA member of Serranidae, a species of Polyperca.PrognathoglossumLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2012 Osteology and relationships of Prognathoglossum kalassyi gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes, Pantodontidae) from the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of En Nammoura (Lebanon) Cybium 36 4 563–574 10.26028/cybium/2012-364-009 Gen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)LebanonA member of the family Pantodontidae. The type species is P. kalassyi.ProgonostomaGen. et 2 sp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Gonostomatidae. The type species is Progonostoma primordialis; genus also contains Progonostoma hagni.Prototroctes modestusSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes.Prototroctes vertexSp novValidSchwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.Early MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandA retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes.RebellatrixAndrew J. Wendruff Mark V. H. Wilson 2012 A fork-tailed coelacanth, Rebellatrix divaricerca, gen. et sp. nov. (Actinistia, Rebellatricidae, fam. nov.), from the Lower Triassic of Western Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 499–511 10.1080/02724634.2012.657317 85826893 Gen. et sp. novValidWendruff & WilsonLower TriassicSulphur Mountain FormationCanadaA coelacanth. The type species is Rebellatrix divaricerca.ReidusJohn Graf 2012 A new Early Cretaceous coelacanth from Texas Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 24 4 441–452 10.1080/08912963.2012.696636 140726624 Gen. et sp. novValidGrafAlbianUnited StatesA coelacanth. The type species is Reidus hilli.Rhinodipterus kimberleyensisAlice M. Clement 2012 A new species of long-snouted lungfish from the Late Devonian of Australia, and its functional and biogeographical implications Palaeontology 55 1 51–71 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01118.x free Sp novValidClementLate DevonianGogo FormationAustraliaA lungfish, a species of Rhinodipterus.Rhynchoconger intercedensSp. novValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA member of Congridae, a species of Rhynchoconger.Sangiorgioichthys valmarensisC. Lombardo A. Tintori D. Tona 2012 A new species of Sangiorgioichthys (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Kalkschieferzone of Monte San Giorgio (Middle Triassic; Meride, Canton Ticino, Switzerland) Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51 3 203–212 http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/69/vol-51-3-2012/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131214154441/http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/69/vol-51-3-2012/ usurped December 14, 2013 Sp. novValidLombardo, Tintori & TonaMiddle Triassic (late Ladinian)SwitzerlandA semionotid semionotiform, a species of Sangiorgioichthys. SchaefferiusAydın Akbulut Hüseyin Özdikmen 2012 To the memory of Dr. Bobb Schaeffer, Schaefferius nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied genus Marquesia Schaeffer, 1990 (Osteichtyes: Actinopterygii: Palaeonisciformes) Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 2 1272–1273 https://www.munisentzool.org/Issue/abstract/to-the-memory-of-dr-bobb-schaeffer-schaefferius-nom-nov-a-new-name-for-the-preoccupied-genus-marquesia-schaeffer-1990-osteichtyes-actinopterygii-palaeonisciformes_626 Nom. novValidAkbulut & ÖzdikmenEarly TriassicAngolaA member of Palaeonisciformes belonging to the family Canobiidae; a replacement name for Marquesia Schaeffer (1990).Sinamia liaoningensisJiang-Yong Zhang 2012 A new species of Sinamia from western Liaoning, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 4 322–334 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201211/P020121102499043969778.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.04.002 sp novValidZhangEarly Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian)Jiufotang Formation
Yixian FormationChinaA sinamiid amiiform, a species of Sinamia.SquamibolcoidesAlexandre F. Bannikov Roberto Zorzin amp 2012 A new genus and species of deep-bodies squamipinne-like percoid fish (Perciformes) frrom (SIC) the Eocene of Bolca in Norhtern y Italy Studi e Ricerche Sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca, XIV - Miscellanea Paleontologica 11 31–42 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245023251 Gen. et sp. novValidBannikov & ZorzinEoceneItalyA member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Squamibolcoides minciottii.Thoracopterus wushaensisAndrea Tintori Zuo-Yu Sun Cristina Lombardo Da-Yong Jiang Cheng Ji Ryosuke Motani 2012 A new "flying" fish from the upper Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Wusha (Guizhou Province, southern China) Gortania. Geologia, Paleontologia, Paletnologia 33 39–50 http://www.udinecultura.it/opencms/opencms/release/ComuneUdine/cittavicina/cultura/it/musei/storianaturale/pubblicazioni/Gortania/G33/volume_33_sc_terra_Tintori_Sun_Lombardo_Jiang_Ji_Motani_bassa.pdf 2013-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031449/http://www.udinecultura.it/opencms/opencms/release/ComuneUdine/cittavicina/cultura/it/musei/storianaturale/pubblicazioni/Gortania/G33/volume_33_sc_terra_Tintori_Sun_Lombardo_Jiang_Ji_Motani_bassa.pdf 2013-12-19 dead Sp. novValidTintori et al.Middle Triassic (late Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaA thoracopterid peltopleuriform, a species of Thoracopterus. The species might be synonymous with the species Potanichthys xingyiensis Xu et al. (2013).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 TinirauBrian Swartz 2012 A Marine Stem-Tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America PLOS ONE 7 3 e33683 10.1371/journal.pone.0033683 22448265 3308997 2012PLoSO...733683S free Gen. et sp. novValidSwartzMiddle DevonianRed Hill I bedsUnited StatesAn eotetrapodiform tetrapodomorph related to the clade Elpistostegalia or a tristichopterid.Matthew Parfitt Zerina Johanson Sam Giles Sam Giles Matt Friedman 2014 A large, anatomically primitive tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii: Tetrapodomorpha) from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Alves Beds, Upper Old Red Sandstone, Moray, Scotland Scottish Journal of Geology 50 1 79–85 10.1144/sjg2013-013 129313060 The type species is Tinirau clackae.Tomognathus gigeriLionel Cavin Stephen Giner 2012 A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France Cretaceous Research 37 201–208 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020sp novValidCavin & GinerValanginianFranceA halecomorph fish, a species of Tomognathus.Trachichthys anomalopsoidesSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA slimehead, a species of Trachichthys.Trachichthys impavidusSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Danian to Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustria
GermanyA slimehead, a species of Trachichthys.TungseniaJing Lu Min Zhu John A. Long Wenjin Zhao Tim J. Senden Liantao Jia Tuo Qiao 2012 The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China Nature Communications 3 1160 10.1038/ncomms2170 23093197 2012NatCo...3.1160L free 1885/69314 free Gen. et sp. novValidLu et al.Early DevonianChinaA basal member of Tetrapodomorpha. The type species is Tungsenia paradoxa.Valenciennellus kennettiSp. nov
ValidSchwarzhansPaleocene (Thanetian)Oiching FormationAustriaA member of Sternoptychidae, a species of Valenciennellus.VoelklichthysGloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze 2012 The macrosemiiform fish companion of the Late Jurassic theropod Juravenator from Schamhaupten, Bavaria, Germany Fossil Record 15 1 5–25 10.1002/mmng.201200001 free Gen. et sp. novValidArratia & SchultzeKimmeridgianGermanyA macrosemiiform. The type species is Voelklichthys comitatus.ZoqueichthysJesús Alvarado-Ortega Bruno Andrés Than-Marchese 2012 A Cenomanian aipichthyoid fish (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha) from America, Zoqueichthys carolinae gen. and sp. nov. from El Chango quarry (Cintalapa Member, Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29 3 735–748 http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-3/%2815%29Alvarado.pdf 2013-12-14 2013-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20131218095334/http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-3/(15)Alvarado.pdf dead Gen. et sp. novValidAlvarado-Ortega & Than-MarcheseLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Sierra Madre FormationMexicoA close relative of Aipichthyoides and Aspesaipichthys, more distantly related to Aipichthys. The type species is Zoqueichthys carolinae.
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