Project 944: L. Cavin, S. Giner. 2012. A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France. Cretaceous Research. 37:201-208.
Abstract
A new species of the halecomorph fish †Tomognathus, †T. gigeri, is described on the basis of an isolated piece of a snout found in the Valanginian in the vicinity of Toulon, southeast France. Although very fragmentary, the specimen shows several of the very specialized characters of †Tomognathus, such as fused premaxillae with a posterior ventral process that sutures with an unpaired vomer, a blunt stout, a compound ethmoid ossification with no distinct lateral ethmoid and pre-ethmoid, as well as large, hollow teeth with a thin wall. Several characters, however, clearly indicate that the specimen represents a new species, which is 40 million years older than the type species (Valanginian and Cenomanian respectively). †Tomognathus had a debated systematic status for more than a century, and its placement within the halecomorphs is recent. Characters of the new species confirm this assignment, in particular the carinate shape of the acrodine tips of its teeth, which differs from those of the type species, but is similar to the teeth of the halecomorph superfamily Caturoidea.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020
Project DOI: 10.7934/P944, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P944
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Download Project SDD File ![]() | Total scored cells: 1494 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
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06 May 2013 - Publication Date:
09 May 2013 - Project views: 40245
- Matrix downloads: 8
Authors' Institutions
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (Natural History Museum of Geneva)
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulon et du Var
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MorphoBank Curator Project Administrator | 25 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1494 (1478, 0, 16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maureen Admin Full membership ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lionel Cavin Full membership ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M2121' (25 Taxa)
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[1] Atractosteus spatula Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 3 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[2] † Eurycormus speciosus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 9 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[3] † Pholidophorus bechei Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 8 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[4] † Pholidophorus macrocephalus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[5] † Amiopsis lepidota Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[6] † Solnhofenamia elongata Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 2 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[7] † Calamopleurus cylindricus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[8] † Pachyamia mexicana Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 5 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[9] † Vidalamia catalunica Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 5 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[10] † Cyclurus kehreri Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[11] Amia calva Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 1 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[12] † Sinamia zdanskyi Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 11 | 63 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[13] † Ikechaoamia orientalis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 19 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[14] † Ikechaoamia meridionalis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 15 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[15] † Caturus furcatus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 2 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[16] † Amblysemius pachyurus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 7 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[17] † Liodesmus gracilis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 11 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[18] † Ionoscopus cyprinoides Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[19] † Ophiopsis procera Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[20] † Macrepistius arenatus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 26 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[21] † Oshunia brevis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 10 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[22] † Watsonulus eugnathoides Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[23] † Siamamia naga Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 51 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[24] † Tomognathus mordax Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 28 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
[25] † Tomognathus gigeri Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 66 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ![]() |
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Total project views | 40245 | |
Project overview | 4514 | |
Media views | 7839 | Media search (5843 views); M286157 (1058 views); M286158 (938 views); |
Matrix views | 2929 | Matrix landing page (2623 views); Cavin and Giner Matrix (306 views); |
Specimen list | 3172 | |
Taxon list | 17217 | |
Documents list | 2412 | |
Bibliography | 2162 |
Project downloads 
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Total downloads from project | 380 | |
Project downloads | 372 | |
Matrix downloads | 8 | Cavin and Giner Matrix (8 downloads); |