New Extinct Carp Fish Species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Late Neogene of Southeastern Europe

Kovalchuk, О. М.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0049

Abstract

A new extinct carp fi sh taxa from the Upper Neogene strata of Southeastern Europe are described in the paper. Rutilus robustus Kovalchuk, sp. n. from the Early Pliocene of Priozernoe (Republic of Moldova) differs from other species of the Rutilus genus by the massive high ceratobranchiale, long anterior non-dentiferous process, and also thick bulkheads between the septum on cavernous surface. Scardinius ponticus Kovalchuk, sp. n. from the Late Miocene of Odesa Pontian Lectostratotype (Ukraine) is characterized by the enormous pharyngeal teeth, and the enlarged number of cogs at their external grinding edge.

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