Avitoluvarus

<i>Avitoluvarus</i>

Avitoluvarus

Extinct genus of fishes

Avitoluvarus ("ancient louvar") is a genus of extinct louvar that lived in the Peri-Tethys Sea during the early Paleogene.[1] The first specimens were found from the Danata Formation Lagerstätten, of the Ypresian age of Turkmenistan, where they were originally thought to be smaller or juvenile individuals of the true louvar, Luvarus necopinatus. These specimens were later reexamined, and determined to be a separate genus comprising two species.[2]

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A third species, A. eocaenicus is known from the Middle Eocene of the Kumsky Horizon, in what is now the Northern Caucasus Mountains in Southwestern Russia.[3] Indeterminate remains are also known from the Ypresian Gerpegezh locality in Russia.[4]

The following species are known:[1]

  • A. dianae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 - Ypresian of Turkmenistan
  • A. eocaenicus Bannikov & Tyler, 2001 - Bartonian of Russia
  • A. marianae Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 - Ypresian of Turkmenistan

Avitoluvarus differs from modern louvars in that the former's forehead does not bulge out as much, giving the appearance of having the face appear higher.

References

  1. [1]
    "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  2. [2]
    Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids
  3. [3]
    Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Tyler, James C. (2001). "A New Species Of The Luvarid Fish Genus Avitoluvarus (Acanthuroidei : Perciformes) From The Eocene Of The Caucasus In Southwest Russia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 114: 579––588.
  4. [4]
    Bannikov, A. F.; Erebakan, I. G. (2023-10-01). "On the Evolution of Some Groups of Marine Bony Fishes in the Cenozoic of the Tethys and Paratethys". Paleontological Journal. 57 (5): 475–490. doi:10.1134/S0031030123050015. ISSN 1555-6174.


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