Eoserranus Explained

Eoserranus ("dawn Serranus") is an extinct genus of early freshwater percomorph fish that lived in India during the Late Cretaceous.^[1] It contains a single species, E. hislopi from the late Maastrichtian-aged Lameta Formation of Maharashtra.^[2]

Its name refers to the fact that it was initially thought to be related to serranids, though more recent studies suggest it to be an early percomorph of uncertain affinities. It is one of the few Cretaceous-aged percomorphs known, and one of the very few known from articulated skeletal remains. It is known from several nearly complete skulls and assorted postcranial remains.^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2011-07-23 .
2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2025-01-21 . paleobiodb.org.
3. Book: ARRATIA, Gloria . Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates . LÓPEZ-ARBARELLO . Adriana . V. R. PRASAD . Guntupalli . PARMAR . Varun . KRIWET . Jürgen . Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil . 2004 . 3-89937-052-X . Late Cretaceous-Paleocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India – Early radiation of Perciformes.
4. Friedman . Matt . V. Andrews . James . Saad . Hadeel . El-Sayed . Sanaa . 2023-06-16 . The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying “Patterson’s Gap” in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018 . Geologica Belgica . en . 10.20341/gb.2023.002 . 1374-8505. free .
5. Book: Woodward, Arthur Smith . The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma: By S. S. Buckman . Diener . Carl . Cossmann . Maurice . Buckman . S. S. . 1909 . Sold at the Office of the Geological Survey . en.