Sparidae, Bonaparte, 1851

Šoster, A. & Kovalchuk, O. M., 2016, Late Neogene And Pleistocene Porgy Fishes (Teleostei, Sparidae) Of The Eastern Paratethys, With Comments On Their Palaeoecology, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (5), pp. 415-422 : 417

Sparidae gen. et sp. indet. (pl. 1, figs 12, 13)

M a t e r i a l a n d l o c a l i t i e s. One tooth fragment (Mariupol’, upper Miocene); one tooth NMNHU-P 29/228 (Bezymiannoe, lower Pleistocene).

D e s c r i p t i o n. The investigated material consists of two fragments of molariform teeth, which due to their fragmentation could not be determined to species or at least to generic level. However, they most likely belong to family Sparidae . The teeth are laterally convex, gradually curved and flat or medium-height. The apical surface is smooth (pl. 1, fig. 12) or damaged in the form of several mining textures visible on the surface (pl. 1, fig. 13). Basal parts are not preserved, and the pulpal cavity is visible. The enamel is white/brown.

M e a s u r e m e n t s, i n m m. Length — 5; 13?; width — 3; 11.