Publication details
Diversity and distribution of fossil codlets (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Bregmacerotidae): review and commentary
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12549-015-0222-z |
| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Bregmacerotidae; Gadiformes; codlets; fish; Neogene; Paleogene; osteology |
| Description | Eighteen fossil species of bregmacerotids have been recognized: 17 species within the middle Eocene–Recent genus Bregmaceros (five species based on articulated skeletons, including two with otoliths in situ, and 12 species based on isolated otoliths alone) and the Miocene Bregmacerina antiqua. Here we provisionally accept the 12 nominal species based on otoliths. However, we find that only two species of Bregmaceros based on body fossils, and both known by otoliths in situ, are diagnosable: B. albyi (including junior subjective synonym B. bosniaski) from the Miocene–Pliocene of Italy, Austria, Greece, Cypress, Malta, and Algeria; B. filamentosus (including junior subjective synonym B. prahovanus) from the Eocene–Miocene of Egypt, Iran, Czech Republic, Romania, Georgia, Poland, and Russia. For the other two species named for body fossils, we regard Bregmaceros carpathicus as a nomen dubium and exclude it from Bregmacerotidae and we question whether the monospecific Bregmacerina is a bregmacerotid. |