Idrissia

Idrissia
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Early Eocene
Life restoration of I. turkmenica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Stomiiformes (?)
Genus: †Idrissia
Arambourg, 1954
Species
  • I. jubae Arambourg, 1954
  • I. turkmenica Prokofiev, 2004

Idrissia is a ancient genus of putative marine stomiiform (related to marine hatchetfish and viperfish) fish from the Late Cretaceous and Early Eocene of northern Africa and central Asia. However, Idrissia's position in the order is in doubt, however, as scientists have not studied enough fossil specimens to determine exactly which stomiiforms the genus is most closely related to, and it may not even be a stomiiform. Some authorities treat it as an uncertain teleost. It is also uncertain whether both Idrissia species even belong to the same genus.

The following species are known:

Another species described from the Oligocene of Poland & Romania, I. carpathica, was reclassified into the new genus Xenomesopelagia in 2009.

In life, Idrissia species would have had a superficial resemblance to a small-eyed lanternfish or a minnow.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 Prokofiev, A. M. (21 October 2010). "Two new genera of Oligocene Stomiiformes". Journal of Ichthyology. 50 (8): 590–595. doi:10.1134/S0032945210080035. ISSN 0032-9452.
  2. 1 2 3 Прокофьев, Артем Михайлович (2004). Ископаемые мезо- и батипелагические рыбы (отряды Stomiiformes и Myctophiformes) палеогена-неогена России и сопредельных территорий. disserCat (Thesis) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2026-01-16.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Matt (2009-03-31). "Supporting Appendix for: Ecomorphological selectivity among marine teleost fishes during the end-Cretaceous extinction" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (13): 5218–5223. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808468106. PMC 2664034. PMID 19276106.
  4. ↑ Khalloufi, Bouziane; Ouarhache, Driss; Lelièvre, Hervé (2010). "New paleontological and geological data about Jbel Tselfat (Late Cretaceous of Morocco)". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 57–70. doi:10.1080/08912961003668756. ISSN 0891-2963.
  5. ↑ Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN 2039-4942.