Eoserranus

Eoserranus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Genus: †Eoserranus
Woodward, 1908
Species:
†E. hislopi
Binomial name
†Eoserranus hislopi
Woodward, 1908

Eoserranus ("dawn Serranus") is an extinct genus of early freshwater percomorph fish that lived in India during the Late Cretaceous.[1] It contains a single species, E. hislopi from the late Maastrichtian-aged Lameta Formation of Maharashtra.[2]

Its name refers to the fact that it was initially thought to be related to serranids, though more recent studies suggest it to be an early percomorph of uncertain affinities. It is one of the few Cretaceous-aged percomorphs known, and one of the very few known from articulated skeletal remains. It is known from several nearly complete skulls and assorted postcranial remains.[3][4][5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  3. ^ ARRATIA, Gloria; LÓPEZ-ARBARELLO, Adriana; V. R. PRASAD, Guntupalli; PARMAR, Varun; KRIWET, Jürgen (2004). "Late Cretaceous-Paleocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India – Early radiation of Perciformes". Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates (PDF). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 3-89937-052-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ Friedman, Matt; V. Andrews, James; Saad, Hadeel; El-Sayed, Sanaa (2023-06-16). "The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying "Patterson's Gap" in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018". Geologica Belgica. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.002. ISSN 1374-8505.
  5. ^ Woodward, Arthur Smith; Diener, Carl; Cossmann, Maurice; Buckman, S. S. (1909). The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma: By S. S. Buckman. Sold at the Office of the Geological Survey.


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