The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands
Louis TAVERNE,
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Earth & History of Life, Department of Paleontology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: louis.taverne@gmail.com
Stijn GOOLAERTS,
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Earth & History of Life, Department of Paleontology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: stijn.goolaerts@naturalsciences.be
Abstract
Several partial skeletons from the marine Maastrichtian deposits of Belgium and the Netherlands allow to recognize four species of Dercetidae, two of which are new: Dercetis triqueter, Ophidercetis italiensis, Cyranichthys jagti sp. nov. and Apuliadercetis indeherbergei sp. nov. This newly studied material greatly enlarges the stratigraphic and paleogeographic ranges of the four concerned dercetid genera.
Keywords : Dercetidae, new species, osteology, relationships, Teleostei, type Maastrichtian
To cite this article
Louis TAVERNE & Stijn GOOLAERTS, «The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands», Geologica Belgica [En ligne], volume 18 (2015), number 1, 21-30 URL : http://popups.ulg.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=4794.