A new halfbeak species (Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) from the Lower Sarmatian of the Krasnodar Region
Abstract
A new halfbeak species (Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae), Hyporhamphus tatjanchenkoi sp. nov., is described from the Lower Sarmatian fish-bearing deposits cropping out along the Pshekha River (Northern Caucasus). Comparative osteological analysis of this new fossil and extant representatives of Hyporamphus seem to indicate that Hyporhamphus tatjanchenkoi sp. nov. is in some ways related to the Indo–Pacific species H. affinis (Günther) and H. gamberur (Rüppell).
- Publication:
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Paleontological Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016PalJ...50..616B
- Keywords:
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- Beloniformes;
- Hemiramphidae;
- new species;
- Northern Caucasus;
- Middle Miocene