Title
Redescription of Paraclupea chetungensis, an Early Clupeomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Southeastern China
Title Variants
Alternative:
Redescription of Paraclupea chetungensis
Related Titles
Series:
Fieldiana, Geology, new ser., no. 37
Series:
Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1489
By
Zhang, Miman. 张弥曼
Grande, Lance
, joint author
Field Museum of Natural History.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Chicago, Ill, Field Museum of Natural History, 1997
Notes
"Accepted October 22, 1996. Published December 31, 1997."
A reexamination and redescription of the Early Cretaceous clupeomorph Paraclupea chetungensis from southeastern China based on newly prepared specimens reveals a number of characters it shares with Ellimmichthys longicostatus (Cope, 1886) from eastern Brazil and Ellimmichthys goodi (Eastman, 1912) from West Africa (Equatorial Guinea) but not with Diplomystus (from western North America, eastern China, and the Middle East). These characters are summarized in a differential diagnosis of Paraclupeinae, a new subfamily within Paraclupeidae Chang and Chou, 1977. Revised diagnoses for Paraclupeidae and Paraclupea are also provided. Among the three paraclupeine species revised here, Ellimmichthys longicostatus and Ellimmichthys goodi share more putatively derived characters with each other than either does with Paraclupea chetungensis, thus indicating the monophyly of Ellimmichthys. Because of the close relationship between Paraclupea and Ellimmichthys, we find the family name Ellimmichthyidae Grande, 1982 to be a subjective junior synonym of Paraclupeidae Chang and Chou, 1977.
Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).
Subjects
China
,
Clupeidae, Fossil
,
Cretaceous
,
Ellimmichthys, Fossil
,
Paleontology
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5192
NAL:
500 C432G new ser. no.37
OCLC:
38434565
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51524857
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