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A dragonet (Perciformes: Callionymidae) from the Middle Miocene of southern Russia

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From the Middle Miocene (Konkian) deposits in the Taman Peninsula, a new genus and species of dragonets Protonymus gontsharovae gen. et sp. nov. are described, differing from all known recent and fossil members of the family in the structure of the preopercular spine, radialia of pectoral fins, and of otolith (sagitta). The history of dispersal of dragonets in the Paleogene-Neogene is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Paleontology (PIN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    E. K. Sytchevskaya & A. M. Prokofiev

  2. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

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Original Russian Text © E.K. Sytchevskaya, A.M. Prokofiev, 2007, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 750–756.

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Sytchevskaya, E.K., Prokofiev, A.M. A dragonet (Perciformes: Callionymidae) from the Middle Miocene of southern Russia. J. Ichthyol. 47, 708–714 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945207090044

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