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Extinct genus of fishes

Eokrefftia
Temporal range: Late Paleocene to Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: †Eokrefftia
Schwarzhans, 1985
Type species
†Eokrefftia prediaphus
Schwarzhans, 1985
Species
  • †E. paviai Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2024
  • †E. prediaphus Schwarzhans, 1985
  • †E. sulci (Nolf, 1988)

Eokrefftia ("dawn Krefftia") is an extinct genus of lanternfish that inhabited the seas around Europe and Australia throughout the Paleogene. Known only from its distinctive fossilized otoliths, it appears to be one of the earliest definitive fossil members of the lanternfish lineage. It may belong to the extinct subfamily Eomyctophinae.

The following species are known:

The otoliths of Eokrefftia can be easily confused with those of the extant lanternfish genus Diaphus, which are also present as fossils in the same deposits.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Carnevale, Giorgio (2024-10-04). "FISH OTOLITHS FROM THE UPPER OLIGOCENE AND LOWER MIOCENE OF THE MONFERRATO AND TURIN HILL, NORTHERN ITALY". RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 130 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/23455. ISSN 2039-4942.
  4. ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Carnevale, Giorgio (2022-07-19). "BATHYAL FISH OTOLITHS FROM THE BARTONIAN (EOCENE) OF THE TURIN HILL (PIEDMONT, ITALY)". RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 128 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/17086. ISSN 2039-4942.
  5. Lin, Chien-Hsiang; Nolf, Dirk; Steurbaut, Etienne; Girone, Angela (2017-11-02). "Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15 (11). doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1246112. ISSN 1477-2019.
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Eokrefftia
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