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Extinct genus of fishes
Brannerion is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine
bonefish . Fossils of the genus were found in the
Romualdo Formation of the
Santana Group ,
Araripe Basin , northeastern Brazil.
[1] It is considered a basal member of the
Albuliformes .
[2]
[3]
[4]
It contains the following species:
It is common species in some localities, but is known to be rare in others. In localities where it is rare, it is only known from layers dominated by the
gonorhynchiform fish
Tharrhias .
[6]
It was named by
David Starr Jordan after his colleague, geologist
John Casper Branner , who also helped in describing the species C. vestitus , which was later assigned to the genus.
See also
References
^
"PBDB" . paleobiodb.org . Retrieved 2024-04-02 .
^ L-Recinos, Marleni; Cantalice, Kleyton M.; Caballero-Viñas, Carmen; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2023).
"A new Mesozoic teleost of the subfamily Albulinae (Albuliformes: Albulidae) highlights the proto-Gulf of Mexico in the early diversification of extant bonefishes" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 21 (1).
Bibcode :
2023JSPal..2123797L .
doi :
10.1080/14772019.2023.2223797 .
ISSN
1477-2019 .
^ Polck, Márcia Aparecida dos Reis; Silva, Marcia Cristina da; Ximenes, Celso Lira; Carvalho, Luciana Barbosa de; Monteiro, Felipe Augusto Correia (2022).
"The Fossil Fishes of the "Rocha" Collection Housed in the Museu Nacional and the Types Described by Jordan & Branner in 1908" . Anuário do Instituto de Geociências . 45 : 1–11.
doi :
10.11137/1982-3908_2022_45_45320 .
^ Filleul, Arnaud (2001).
"Baugeichthys caeruleus, gen. et sp. nov., a New Albulifrom Fish from the Hauterivian of the Massif Des Bauges (France)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 20 (4): 637–644.
doi :
10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0637:BCGESN]2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
0272-4634 .
JSTOR
4524144 .
^ Massa, Renato Stefani (2004).
"Osteologia e sistemática de Brannerion latum (Agassiz, 1841) (Teleostei : Albuliformes) do Aptiano-Albiano do nordeste do Brasil" .
^ Fara, Emmanuel; Saraiva, Antônio Á.F.; de Almeida Campos, Diógenes; Moreira, João K.R.; de Carvalho Siebra, Daniele; Kellner, Alexander W.A. (2005).
"Controlled excavations in the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation (Early Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil): stratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological implications" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 218 (1–2): 145–160.
Bibcode :
2005PPP...218..145F .
doi :
10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.012 .
ISSN
0031-0182 .