Isurichthys
| Isurichthys Temporal range: | |
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| †Isurichthys cf. roumanus Baciu and Bannikov 2004 from the Oligocene of Jamna Dolna, Poland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Ariommatidae |
| Genus: | †Isurichthys Woodward, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| †Isurus macrurus Agassiz, 1844 | |
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Isurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Oligocene of Europe, belonging to the family Ariommatidae. They were initially placed in the family Scombridae. The genus was described in 1901 by Woodward to replace the genus name Isurus Agassiz, 1844, preoccupied by the genus of mako sharks.
Species
Three species have been classified within the genus Isurichthys:
- †I. breviusculus Bannikov, 2012 - Early Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia (Pshekha Formation)
- †I. macrurus (Agassiz, 1844) - Early Oligocene of Switzerland (Matt Formation)
- †I. roumanus Baciu & Bannikov, 2004 - Early Oligocene of Romania
An indeterminate species is also known from the Early Oligocene of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Another species described in the genus by Woodward, 'I.' orientalis from Iran, was identified by Bannikov (2012) as being a driftfish in the family Nomeidae, and reclassified into the fossil nomeid genus Rybapina.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "†Isurichthys Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)". Paleaobiology Database. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ↑ Monsch, Kenneth A.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2011). "New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 102 (4): 253–300. doi:10.1017/S1755691011010085. ISSN 1755-6910.
- ↑ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
- 1 2 Bannikov, A. F.; Erebakan, I. G. (2023-10-01). "On the Evolution of Some Groups of Marine Bony Fishes in the Cenozoic of the Tethys and Paratethys". Paleontological Journal. 57 (5): 475–490. doi:10.1134/S0031030123050015. ISSN 1555-6174.
- 1 2 Bannikov, A. F. (2012-03-01). "The first record of the genus Isurichthys (Perciformes, Ariommatidae) in the Lower Oligocene of the Northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 171–176. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020025. ISSN 1555-6174.
- ↑ "Rybapina ✝". MINDAT.ORG. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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