Ridewoodichthys, a new genus for Brychaetus caheni from the marine Paleocene of Cabinda (Africa): re-description and comments on its relationships within the Osteoglossidae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)
Taverne, L. (2009). Ridewoodichthys, a new genus for Brychaetus caheni from the marine Paleocene of Cabinda (Africa): re-description and comments on its relationships within the Osteoglossidae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Aardwet. = Bull. - Inst. r. sci. nat. Belg., Sci. Terre 79: 147-153
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Aardwetenschappen = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la Terre. KBIN: Brussel. ISSN 0374-6291, more
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| Keywords |
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Paleogene
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Paleogene > Paleocene
Brychaetus caheni; Osteoglossidae Bonaparte, 1845 [WoRMS]; Osteoglossomorpha; Ridewoodichthys; Teleostei [WoRMS]
Africa [Marine Regions]; Angola [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Teleostei, Osteoglossidae, “Brychaetus” caheni, Ridewoodichthys gen. nov., osteology, relationships, marine Paleocene, Cabinda, ostéologie, relations, Paléocène marin. |
| Abstract |
The marine osteoglossid “Brychaetus” caheni from the Lower Paleocene of Cabinda (Africa) is re-studied. It does not belong to the genus Brychaetus because of differences in teeth and premaxilla shape. It is assigned to the new genus Ridewoodichthys on the basis of its caudal skeleton, which differs from that of all other known fossil and Recent Osteoglossidae. |
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