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Palaeocarassius
''Palaeocarassius '' is an extinct genus of Miocene-aged Cyprinidae, cyprinid fish closely related to the crucian carps of ''Carassius''. Most fossils are of otoliths, teeth, fin spines, and scales found in Miocene-aged lacustrine strata throughout Europe, though, two species, ''P. basalticus'' and ''P. priscus'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Cyprinus priscus''), are also known from whole body fossils, representing stout-bodied, large-headed animals that bear strong resemblances to the living crucian carps. The holotype of the type species, ''P. mydlovariensis'', is a disarticulated head. Species * ''Palaeocarassius mydlovariensis'' Obrhelová, 1970 (type species) * ''Palaeocarassius basalticus'' Gaudant, 1997 (French species) * ''Palaeocarassius obesus'' * ''Palaeocarassius priscus'' (H. von Meyer, 1852) (syn. ''Cyprinus priscus'') References {{Taxonbar, from=Q65072752 Cyprininae Miocene fish of Europe Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Cyprinidae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeocarassius Obesus
''Palaeocarassius '' is an extinct genus of Miocene-aged cyprinid fish closely related to the crucian carps of ''Carassius''. Most fossils are of otoliths, teeth, fin spines, and scales found in Miocene-aged lacustrine strata throughout Europe, though, two species, ''P. basalticus'' and ''P. priscus'' ( syn. ''Cyprinus priscus''), are also known from whole body fossils, representing stout-bodied, large-headed animals that bear strong resemblances to the living crucian carps. The holotype of the type species, ''P. mydlovariensis'', is a disarticulated head. Species * '' Palaeocarassius mydlovariensis'' Obrhelová, 1970 (type species) * '' Palaeocarassius basalticus'' Gaudant, 1997 (French species) * '' Palaeocarassius obesus'' * ''Palaeocarassius priscus ''Palaeocarassius '' is an extinct genus of Miocene-aged Cyprinidae, cyprinid fish closely related to the crucian carps of ''Carassius''. Most fossils are of otoliths, teeth, fin spines, and scales found in Miocene-aged lacus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprininae
Cyprinae is a subfamily of largely freshwater ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the family Cyprinidae. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes. Genera Cyprinae contains the following recognised extant genera: * '' Aaptosyax'' Rainboth, 1991 * '' Albulichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Amblyrhynchichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 * ''Balantiocheilos'' Bleeker, 1860 * ''Carassioides'' Oshima, 1926 * '' Carassius'' Jarocki, 1822 * ''Cosmochilus'' Sauvage, 1878 * ''Cyclocheilichthys'' Bleeker, 1859 * '' Cyclocheilos'' Bleeker, 1859 * ''Cyprinus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Discherodontus'' Rainboth, 1989 * '' Eirmotus'' Schultz, 1959 * '' Hypsibarbus'' Rainboth, 1996 * '' Kalimantania'' Bănărescu, 1980 * '' Laocypris'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Luciocyprinus'' Vaillant, 1904 * ''Mystacoleucus'' Günther, 1868 * '' Neobarynotus'' Bănărescu, 1980 * '' Parasikukia'' Doi, 2000 * '' Paraspinibarbus'' X.-L. Chu & Kottelat, 1989 * '' Parator'' H. W. Wu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turolian
The Turolian age is a period of geologic time (9.0–5.3 Ma) within the Miocene used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the Ruscinian age and follows the Vallesian age. The Turolian overlaps the Tortonian and Messinian The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene. It spans the time between 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma and 5.333 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). It follows the Tortonian and is followed by the Zanclean, the fir ... ages. ;References Miocene {{geochronology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinus
''Cyprinus'' is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. Most species in the genus are of East Asia origin with only the common carp (''C. carpio'') in Western Asia and Europe; this invasive species has also been Introduced species, introduced to many other regions around the world. ''Cyprinus'' are closely related to some more barb (fish), barb-like genera, such as ''Cyclocheilichthys'' and ''Barbonymus'' (tinfoils). The crucian carps (''Carassius'') of western Eurasia, which include the goldfish (''C. auratus''), are apparently not as closely related. This genus's most widespread and well-known member is the common carp (''C. carpio'') species complex. Although traditionally considered a single species, recent authorities have split the European and West Asian populations from the East Asian, with the latter named ''Cyprinus rubrofuscus, C. rubrofuscus'' (syn. ''C. carpio haematopterus''). Members of the species complex are famed as a food fish and have been widely trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miocene Fish Of Europe
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by distinct global events but by regionally defined transitions from the warmer Oligocene to the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and allowing the interchange of fauna between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans and hominoids into Eurasia. During the late Miocene, the connections between the At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synonym (taxonomy)
In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The Botanical nomenclature, botanical and Zoological nomenclature, zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In nomenclature, botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a Binomial nomenclature, scientific name that applies to a taxon that now goes by a different scientific name. For example, Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, ''Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different Binomial nomenclature, binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otolith
An otolith (, ' ear + , ', a stone), also called otoconium, statolith, or statoconium, is a calcium carbonate structure in the saccule or utricle (ear), utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular system of vertebrates. The saccule and utricle, in turn, together make the ''otolith organs''. These organs are what allows an organism, including humans, to perceive linear acceleration, both horizontally and vertically (gravity). They have been identified in both extinct and extant vertebrates. Counting the annual growth rings on the otoliths is a common technique in estimating the age of fish. Description Endolymphatic infillings such as otoliths are structures in the saccule and Utricle (ear), utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the Labyrinth (inner ear), vestibular labyrinth of all vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds). In vertebrates, the saccule and utricle together make the ''otolith organs''. Both statoconia and otoliths are used as gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
