Macruronus eastmani Schwarzhans & Mors & Engelbrecht & Reguero & Kriwet 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Schwarzhans, Werner, Mors, Thomas, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Reguero, Marcelo, Kriwet, Jurgen
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Gadiformes; Merlucciidae; Macruronus; Macruronus eastmani; Antarctic; Eastman; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10903184; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10903184

Macruronus eastmani sp. nov. (Figs 4C—F, 6D—F) 1985 Macruronus sp. Schwarzhans: 25, figs 40—42. Material. Holotype: NRM-PZ P.15970 (Figs 4C—E, 6D—F). Paratypes: two specimens, NRM-PZ P.15971 (Fig. 4F). Other material: six fragmentary specimens, NRM-PZ P.15972. Occurrence. Telm 5 unit; ‘ Natica horizon’, Cucullea I member, La Meseta Formation, late Ypresian, early Eocene. Site IAA 1/90, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Etymology. Named in honour of Joseph T. Eastman (Athens, Ohio, USA) in recognition of his contribution to the knowledge of fossil Antarctic fishes. Together with Lance Grande, he was also the first to recognize the presence of fossil gadiforms in the Eocene of the La Meseta Formation. Diagnosis. OL:OH = 1.85—1.95. Ventral rim regularly and moderately deeply curved. All rims and outer face intensely crenulated. CCL: OCL = 1.3. Collum rather wide, with distinct pseudocolliculum. Description. Moderately large and thin otoliths up to at least 8 mm in length (holotype 6 mm long) and rather compressed for ... : Published as part of Schwarzhans, Werner, Mors, Thomas, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Reguero, Marcelo & Kriwet, Jurgen, 2017, Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei), pp. 147-170 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 (2) on pages 154-156, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958, http://zenodo.org/record/10883098 ...