- Title
- A late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) galaxiid fish from South Africa, Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.60
- Creator
- Anderson, M Eric, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Fishes -- Indian Ocean, Flatfishes -- Indian Ocean
- Date
- 1998-05
- Type
- text, book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71000, vital:29769, Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description
- Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 60, A new teleost fish, Stompooria rogersmithi, is described from deposits of a Late Cretaceous crater lake in the Karoo, South Africa. The fossils represent the earliest known species of the recently redefined family Galaxiidae. Distinguishing features include the apposition of the dorsal and anal fins, 41- 42 vertebrae, all neural arches anterior to the dorsal fin origin fused to the centra, presence of epineurals, the opercle reduced above the level of the hyomandibular articulation, the posttemporal and supracleithrum without a connection to the seismosensory head canals, 18 principal caudal fin rays, two epurals, five hypurals, no dorsal outgrowth on the uroneural, the neural spines of the second and third preural centra similar in size, and absence of a stegural, a third uroneural, a mesocoracoid, a supramaxilla, and teeth on the maxilla and palatine bones.
- Format
- 14 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology), Anderson, M. E.(1998) A late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) galaxiid fish from South Africa. Grahamstown, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, no. 60, Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 60 1 14 May 1998 0075-2088
- Rights
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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