Aglyptorhynchus
| Aglyptorhynchus Temporal range: Early Eocene–Early Miocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | †Xiphiorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Aglyptorhynchus Casier, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| †Aglyptorhynchus venablesi Casier, 1966 | |
| Species | |
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Aglyptorhynchus is an extinct genus of marine billfish that was distributed worldwide from the early Eocene to the early Miocene. Fossils are primarily known from the Northern Hemisphere (both coasts of North America and western/central Europe), but one species is also known to have inhabited the waters off New Zealand.[1][2][3]
The following species are known:[1]
- A. columbianus Fierstine, 2005 - Late Oligocene of Washington, US (Lincoln Creek Formation)[2]
- A. denticulatus (Leriche, 1906) - Early Miocene (Aquitanian) of Austria (Melk Formation)
- A. hakataramea Gottfried, Fordyce & Rust, 2012 - Late Oligocene of New Zealand (Otekaike Limestone)[3]
- A. maxillaris Fierstine, 2001 - Late Oligocene of Oregon, US (Yaquina Formation)[4]
- A. sulcatus (Casier, 1946) - Early Eocene of Belgium (Argile des Flandres Formation) and England (London Clay)
- A. venablesi Casier, 1966 - Early Eocene of England (London Clay) and Virginia, US (Nanjemoy Formation)
Indeterminate remains are known from the early and late Oligocene of South Carolina (Ashley & Chandler Bridge formations), the Miocene of Hungary (Törökbálint Formation)[1], and the Early Miocene of North Carolina, US (Pungo River Formation, previously placed in Hemirhabdorhynchus).[5][2] It has been hypothesized that Aglyptorhynchus originally arose in the Atlantic around the warm Gulf Stream, and migrated to the Pacific by the Oligocene via the then-open Central American Seaway.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- 1 2 3 Fierstine, Harry (2005-06-01). "A New Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei) From the Lincoln Creek Formation (Late Oligocene, Washington, U.S.A.)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 288–299. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0288:ANAPSF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 41000842.
- 1 2 Gottfried, Michael D.; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Rust, Seabourne (2012). "A new billfish (Perciformes, Xiphioidei) from the late Oligocene of New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 27–34. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32...27G. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.634471. ISSN 0272-4634.
- 1 2 Fierstine, Harry L. (2001-03-26). "A new † Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei: †?Blochiidae) from the Late Oligocene of Oregon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (1): 24–33. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0024:ANAPSB]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ↑ Purdy, Robert W.; Schneider, Vincent P.; Applegate, Shelton P.; McLellan, Jack H.; Meyer, Robert L.; Slaughter, Bob H. (2001). "The Neogene Sharks, Rays, and Bony Fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
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- Billfish
- Prehistoric percomorph genera
- Eocene fish of Europe
- Eocene fish of North America
- Oligocene fish
- Oligocene animals of North America
- Oligocene animals of Oceania
- Cenozoic fish of Oceania
- Miocene fish of Europe
- Fossils of the United States
- Fossils of Austria
- Fossils of Belgium
- Fossils of England
- Fossils of New Zealand
- Ypresian genus first appearances
- Lutetian genera
- Chattian genera
- Aquitanian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1966
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