A New Extinct Species of Pikeperch, Sander svetovidovi (Teleostei, Percidae), from the Late Miocene of Southern Ukraine

Kovalchuk О. М.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2015-0034

Abstract

A new species of pikeperch from the Upper Miocene strata of Ukraine (Egorovka 2 locality, MN 12) is described in the paper. Extinct species Sander svetovidovi sp. n. diff ers from the Miocene and recent taxa of the genus Sander by the configuration of the quadrate bone, form and sizes of the lateral condyle and also presence of additional double crista on the anterior inferior edge of quadratum.

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