Cepola fritinnans

Taxonavigation: Cepoloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Priacanthiformes Superfamilia: Cepoloidea

Familia: Cepolidae
Genus: Cepola
Species: †Cepola fritinnans

Name

†Cepola fritinnans Schwarzhans, 2013

• Holotype: SMF PO 91677, Otolith.
• Paratypes: (3) SMF PO 91678-91680, otoliths.

Type locality and horizon: Gabon, Ewongue 4, 158 m, Mandorové FM, Miocene, Serravallian to Early Tortonian.

Etymology: Gerund form of fritinnire (Latin) (= chirp, tweet), referring to the small size of the species and its eye-catching intermediate morphology between the families Cepolidae and Owstoniidae.

References

• Schwarzhans, W. 2013. Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13: 151–184. PDF Reference page.