Original paper
Prey content in a Saurichthys reveals the presence of advanced halecomorph fishes in the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio
Renesto, Silvio; Stockar, Rudolf
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 278 Heft 1 (2015), p. 95 - 107
published: Oct 1, 2015
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Abstract
Fine preparation of a specimen of Saurichthys curionii from the Cassina beds (early La- dinian) of Monte San Giorgio exposed stomach content of difficult interpretation. UV investigation revealed it consists of several preys: a smaller specimen of Saurichthys, and at least four other fishes, with scale covering reduced to a small area of the body or even completely scaleless and with a vertebral column made up by thin, ring-like centra that surrounded a persistent notochord. These prey items testify the presence of new species of advanced Halecomorphi in the Monte San Giorgio fossil ichthyofauna.
Keywords
stomach content • fishes • ladinian • triassic • halecomorphi