Barbus Cuvier, 1816

Schulz-Mirbach, Tanja & Reichenbacher, Bettina, 2006, Reconstruction of Oligocene and Neogene freshwater fish faunas-an actualistic study on cypriniform otoliths, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), pp. 283-304 : 296

Genus Barbus Cuvier, 1816

aff. Barbus sp.

Fig. 24 .

Material, dimensions and stratigraphic range.—See Tables 1 and 4, and Fig. 32 .

Description.—The lapilli resemble the Barbus − type ( Fig. 9 ) because of the peculiarity of its edges: The anteromedial edge occurs close to the anterior margin, the antero− and posterolateral edges are pointed, and the posteromedial edge is absent. In addition, the incision is deeply incised like in Barbus barbus . However, the general shape of the fossil lapilli is not tapering posteriorly as it was observed in B. barbus .

Figures

Fig. 24. Middle Miocene lapilli of aff. Barbus sp. from Turkey. A, B. BSPG 2003 XVIII 40 and 41 respectively, from Sofça KS4/340 (A) and V717 (B) in dorsal views, represented as right lapilli. C. BSPG 2003 XVIII 42 from Sofça KS4/340 in ventral view, represented as left lapillus, and mirrored. SEM−pictures.

Fig. 32. Stratigraphic range of the lapilli−based fossil cyprinid species of the present study. Stratigraphic scale after Gradstein et al. (2004).

Fig. 9. Utricular otoliths (lapilli) of Recent Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758) from wild catches in Germany. A, B, D. BSPG 2003 IV 39, 40, and 37 respectively, represented as right lapilli, in dorsal (A, B1, D) and anterior (B2) views (A and D mirrored). C. BSPG 2003 IV 38 represented as left lapillus in ventral view. SEM−pictures (A−C), digital photographs (D).