An Oligocene tubeshoulder (Teleostei, Alepocephaliformes) from the Central Paratethys (Czech Republic): the first skeletal record for the family Platytroctidae

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985831%3A_____%2F19%3A00523737" target="_blank" >RIV/67985831:_____/19:00523737 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123" target="_blank" >10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An Oligocene tubeshoulder (Teleostei, Alepocephaliformes) from the Central Paratethys (Czech Republic): the first skeletal record for the family Platytroctidae
Original language description
A new fossil fish, Vachalia moraviensis, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a single articulated specimen collected from lower Oligocene deposits exposed in the vicinity of Kelč, Czech Republic. The morphological analysis of the specimen reveals a series of features that unambiguously support its recognition as a new member of the alepocephaliform family Platytroctidae. Vachalia moraviensis, gen. et sp. nov., is characterized by a very large head, elongate and ribbon-like body, two premaxillary tusks, of which the posterior is distant from the anterior one and almost perpendicular to it, posterior border of the maxilla behind the orbit, two supramaxillae, nine branchiostegal rays, 22 abdominal and 18 or 19 caudal vertebrae, dorsal fin with 16 or 17 rays, pectoral fin reduced and composed of approximately 12 short rays, pelvic fin larger than pectoral fin, and photophores (apparently) absent. The specimen described herein represents the first and only known fossil belonging to the family Platytroctidae based on articulated skeletal remains.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10506 - Paleontology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-21523S" target="_blank" >GA16-21523S: Changes of the Paratethys fish fauna during Oligocene to Lower Miocene – evidence on selected groups from sites in Moravia (Czech Republic)</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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