Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Ein primitiver acanthodier (pisces) aus dem unterdevon lettlands

  • Published:
Paläontologische Zeitschrift Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Latviacanthus ventspilsensis n.gen., n.sp. is described from a drilling core at Ventspils, Latvia, U.S.S.R. It is placed nearEuthacanthus, Climatiidae, chiefly on the basis of similarities in the gill region (1 hyoid and 3 accessoric gill covers). Main features ofLatviacanthus are: palatoquadrate and Meckel’s cartilage ossified as a single element each, multiple-cuspid teeth not fused to the jaws, slender pectoral spine, weakly developed dermal shoulder-girdle.

de]Kurzfassung

Latviacanthus ventspilsensis n.gen., n.sp., ein primitiver climatiider Acanthodier, wird von einem Bohrkern der Bohrung Ventspils, Lettland, USSR, beschrieben. Die neue Gattung wird aufgrund von Ähnlichkeiten in der Kiemenregion (1 hyoider und 3 akzessorische Kiemendeckel) innerhalb der Climatüdae in die Nähe vonEuthacanthus gestellt. Hauptmerkmale der Gattung sind: Palatoquadratum und MECKELscher Knorpel je als einheitliches Element verknöchert, mehrspitzige Einzelzähne nicht mit dem Kiefer verwachsen, schlanker Brustflossenstachel, schwach verknöcherter dermaler Schultergürtel.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Literatur

  • Denison, R. H. (1976): Note on the dentigerous jaw bones of Acanthodii. — N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh.,1976: 395–399; Stuttgart.

    Google Scholar 

  • Denison, R. H. (1979): Acanthodii. -In:H.-P. Schultze (ed.): Handbook of Paleoichthyology,5: 1–62; Stuttgart (G. Fischer).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gross, W. (1971): Downtonische und dittonische Acanthodier-Reste des Ostseegebietes. — Palaeontogra- phica, Abt. A,96: 1–40; Stuttgart.

    Google Scholar 

  • McAllister, D.E. (1968): The evolution of branchiostegals and associated opercular, gular, and hyoid bones and the classification of teleostome fishes, living and fossil. — Bull. Nat. Mus. Canada, Ottawa,221: XIV + 239 S.; Ottawa.

    Google Scholar 

  • Miles, R. S. (1966): The acanthodian fishes of the Devonian Plattenkalk of the Paffrath trough in the Rhineland. — Ark. Zool., (2),18, Nr. 9: 147–194; Stockholm.

    Google Scholar 

  • Miles, R. S.(1973): Articulated acanthodian fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of England, with a review of the structure and evolution of the acanthodian shoulder-girdle. —Bull. Brit. Mus. (Natur. Hist.),Geol.,24: 113–213; London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ørvig, T. (1973): Acanthodian dentition and its bearing on the relationships of the group. — Palaeontographica, Abt. A,143: 119–150; Stuttgart.

    Google Scholar 

  • Watson, D. M. S. (1937): The acanthodian fishes. — Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, (B),228: 49–146; London.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    Hans-Peter Schultze Lawrence

  2. School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 73019, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Jiri Zidek Norman

Authors
  1. Hans-Peter Schultze Lawrence
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jiri Zidek Norman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lawrence, HP.S., Norman, J.Z. Ein primitiver acanthodier (pisces) aus dem unterdevon lettlands. Paläont. Z. 56, 95–105 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988788

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988788

Search

Navigation