A new polypterid fish:: Polypterus faraou sp nov (Cladistia, Polypteridae) from the Late Miocene, Toros-Menalla, Chad
A new polypterid fish:: Polypterus faraou sp nov (Cladistia, Polypteridae) from the Late Miocene, Toros-Menalla, Chad
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00201.x
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Brunet, M
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作者：
Otero, O;Likius, A;Brunet, M
本文描述了采自乍得Djouab西部的Toros-Menalla中新世晚期的Polypterus faraou sp. nov.（Cladistia，Polypteridae）化石。这是第一次发现如此完整的珊瑚虫化石。这是唯一可证实的Polypterus属的化石记录。P. faraou与P. bichir和P. endlicheri非常相似，后者是在乍得-沙里系统发现的现存鱼类。多翅类之间的内部关系尚未解决：然而，P. faraou显示了身体的原始形状和鳞片上侧线开口的原始形状，类似于三个现存物种（P. bichir，P. endlicheri和P. ansorpatient）。(c)2006年，伦敦林奈学会。
Polypterus faraou sp. nov. (Cladistia, Polypteridae) from the Late Miocene of Toros-Menalla (western Djourab, Chad) is described on the basis of a subcomplete articulated skeleton preserved in three dimensions. This is the first time such a complete fossil polypterid skeleton has been described. It is the only verifiable fossil record for the genus Polypterus. P. faraou closely resembles P. bichir and P. endlicheri, extant fish found in the Chad-Chari system. Intrarelationships among the polypterids are not yet resolved: however, P. faraou shows a primitive shape of the body and a primitive shape of the opening of the lateral line on the scales, similar to that of three living species (P. bichir, P. endlicheri and P. ansorgii). (c) 2006 The Linnean Society of London.