From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct genus of fishes
Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of freshwater or estuarine
temperate bass known from
Late Oligocene . It contains a single species, B. beaumonti , from the
Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of
Aix-en-Provence , France.
[1]
[2]
[3]
Initially described by
Louis Agassiz as Perca beaumonti , it was moved into its own genus, Beaumontoperca , in 2000 following further studies. It is considered to likely be a member of the
Moronidae due to the morphology of its saccular
otolith .
[3]
[4]
See also
References
^
"PBDB" . paleobiodb.org . Retrieved 2024-03-27 .
^ Gaudant, Jean (2000-08-01).
"New observations on some Percoid fishes (Teleostei) from European Cenozoic fresh and brackish waters" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 217 (2): 199–244.
doi :
10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/199 .
ISSN
0077-7749 .
^
a
b Gaudant, Jean; Nel, André; Nury, Denise; Véran, Monette; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-08-01).
"The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants" . Comptes Rendus Palevol . Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle. 17 (7): 460–478.
doi :
10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002 .
ISSN
1631-0683 .
^ Gaudant, Jean; Carnevale, Giorgio (2015).
"Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp. : un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France)" . Geodiversitas . 37 (1): 109–118.
doi :
10.5252/g2015n1a5 .
ISSN
1280-9659 .