Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia)
Abstract Otolith finds in situ are important for connecting the independent data sets of articulated fish skeletons and isolated otoliths in the fossil record. Here we describe an otolith in situ retrieved from a skeleton of the stromateid Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021, which was collected...
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| description | Abstract Otolith finds in situ are important for connecting the independent data sets of articulated fish skeletons and isolated otoliths in the fossil record. Here we describe an otolith in situ retrieved from a skeleton of the stromateid Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021, which was collected from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) from the prolific Pshekha River locality in the Krasnodar Region of the northern Caucasus, Russia. It represents the first find of an otolith in situ made in a fossil stromateoid skeleton. The extracted otolith is compared to fossil otolith-based species allocated to the genus Pampus. One of these species is being reallocated in the process to Pinichthys: Pinichthys steurbauti (Schwarzhans, 1994) from the late Oligocene to early Middle Miocene in the North Sea Basin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cb00afb534c74d90aa0ec62ddbc7c3d92025-08-20T04:01:36ZengSpringerOpenSwiss Journal of Palaeontology1664-23761664-23842025-07-0114411510.1186/s13358-025-00359-4Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia)Werner W. Schwarzhans0Alexandre F. Bannikov1Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological MuseumBorisyak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesAbstract Otolith finds in situ are important for connecting the independent data sets of articulated fish skeletons and isolated otoliths in the fossil record. Here we describe an otolith in situ retrieved from a skeleton of the stromateid Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021, which was collected from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) from the prolific Pshekha River locality in the Krasnodar Region of the northern Caucasus, Russia. It represents the first find of an otolith in situ made in a fossil stromateoid skeleton. The extracted otolith is compared to fossil otolith-based species allocated to the genus Pampus. One of these species is being reallocated in the process to Pinichthys: Pinichthys steurbauti (Schwarzhans, 1994) from the late Oligocene to early Middle Miocene in the North Sea Basin.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00359-4Otolith in situStromateidaePinichthysPampusMioceneParatethys |
| spellingShingle | Werner W. Schwarzhans Alexandre F. Bannikov Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) Swiss Journal of Palaeontology Otolith in situ Stromateidae Pinichthys Pampus Miocene Paratethys |
| title | Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) |
| title_full | Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) |
| title_fullStr | Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) |
| title_short | Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia) |
| title_sort | otoliths in situ in pinichthys shirvanensis bannikov 2021 stromateidae from the tarkhanian langhian middle miocene of the northern caucasus russia |
| topic | Otolith in situ Stromateidae Pinichthys Pampus Miocene Paratethys |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00359-4 |
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