COLLECTION NAME:
Fossil Fishes of Alabama
Record
Article Title:
Pythonichthys Version 1
Authors:
Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio
Entry:
Entry 7.007
Volume:
Volume 7
Issue:
Issue 7
Chapter:
Chapter 7: Fossil Otoliths of Alabama
Version:
Version 1
Class:
Osteichthyes
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Heterenchelyidae
Genus:
Pythonichthys
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Citation:
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, G.L. Stringer, S.J. Jacquemin, & C.N. Ciampaglio. 2024. Fossil Otoliths of Alabama: Pythonichthys version 1. In: J.A. Ebersole (ed.), Fossil Fishes of Alabama. McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama 7(7):1–4. https://doi.org/10.…
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Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri & G.L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1–274. https://doi.org/10.…
Frizzell, D.L. & J.H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687–718.
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Greenwood, P.H., D.E. Rosen, S.H. Weitzman & G.S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):341–455.
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Inoue, J.G., M. Masaki, M.J. Miller, S. Tetsuya, H. Reinhold, H. Kiyotaka, A. Jun, M. Yuki, N. Mutsumi & T. Katsumi. 2010. Deep-ocean origin of the freshwater eels. Biological Letters 6:363–366. https://doi.org/10.…
Müller, A. 1999. Ichthyofaunen aus dem atlantischen Tertiär der USA. Leipziger Geowissenschaften 9(10):1–360.
Müller, J. 1845. Über den Bau und die Grenzen der Ganoiden, und über das natürliche System der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1):91–141.
Nolf, D. & G. Stringer. 2003. Late Eocene (Priabonian) fish otoliths from the Yazoo Clay at Copenhagen, Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Geological Pamphlet 13:1–23.
Pinna, M.C.C. de. 1996. Teleostean monophyly. Pages 147–162. In: M.L.J. Stiassny, L.R. Parenti & G.D. Johnson (editors). Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego. https://doi.org/10.…
Poey, F. 1868. Monografia de las Morenas cubanas. Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba 2:245–268.
Regan, C.T. 1912. Pisces 1911. Zoological Record 48:1–47.
Regan, C.T. 1923. The skeleton of Lepidosteus, with remarks on the origin and evolution of the lower neopterygian fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(1–2):445–461. https://doi.org/10.…
Schwarzhans, W., G.L. Stringer & G.T. Takeuchi. 2024. The middle Eocene bony fish fauna of California, USA, reconstructed by means of otoliths. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 130(2):373–473. https://doi.org/10.…
Smith, D., E. Irmak & Ö. Özen. 2012. A redescription of the eel Panturichthys fowleri (Anguilliformes: Heterenchelyidae), with a synopsis of the Heterenchelyidae. Copeia 2012(3):484–493. https://doi.org/10.…
Stringer, G.L., J.A. Ebersole, J.E. Starnes & S.M. Ebersole. 2023. Additions to the early Pliocene fish otolith assem- blage from site AMb-2 on Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA, and their taxonomic and paleoecologic implications. Paleoichthys 7:1–29.
Stringer, G.L. & J.C. Sloan. 2018. Significance of early Paleocene fish otoliths from two Clayton Formation (Danian) sites in central Arkansas. Abstract, 52nd Annual GSA South-Central Section Meeting.
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri & G.L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1–274. https://doi.org/10.…
Frizzell, D.L. & J.H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687–718.
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Greenwood, P.H., D.E. Rosen, S.H. Weitzman & G.S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):341–455.
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Inoue, J.G., M. Masaki, M.J. Miller, S. Tetsuya, H. Reinhold, H. Kiyotaka, A. Jun, M. Yuki, N. Mutsumi & T. Katsumi. 2010. Deep-ocean origin of the freshwater eels. Biological Letters 6:363–366. https://doi.org/10.…
Müller, A. 1999. Ichthyofaunen aus dem atlantischen Tertiär der USA. Leipziger Geowissenschaften 9(10):1–360.
Müller, J. 1845. Über den Bau und die Grenzen der Ganoiden, und über das natürliche System der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1):91–141.
Nolf, D. & G. Stringer. 2003. Late Eocene (Priabonian) fish otoliths from the Yazoo Clay at Copenhagen, Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Geological Pamphlet 13:1–23.
Pinna, M.C.C. de. 1996. Teleostean monophyly. Pages 147–162. In: M.L.J. Stiassny, L.R. Parenti & G.D. Johnson (editors). Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego. https://doi.org/10.…
Poey, F. 1868. Monografia de las Morenas cubanas. Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba 2:245–268.
Regan, C.T. 1912. Pisces 1911. Zoological Record 48:1–47.
Regan, C.T. 1923. The skeleton of Lepidosteus, with remarks on the origin and evolution of the lower neopterygian fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(1–2):445–461. https://doi.org/10.…
Schwarzhans, W., G.L. Stringer & G.T. Takeuchi. 2024. The middle Eocene bony fish fauna of California, USA, reconstructed by means of otoliths. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 130(2):373–473. https://doi.org/10.…
Smith, D., E. Irmak & Ö. Özen. 2012. A redescription of the eel Panturichthys fowleri (Anguilliformes: Heterenchelyidae), with a synopsis of the Heterenchelyidae. Copeia 2012(3):484–493. https://doi.org/10.…
Stringer, G.L., J.A. Ebersole, J.E. Starnes & S.M. Ebersole. 2023. Additions to the early Pliocene fish otolith assem- blage from site AMb-2 on Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA, and their taxonomic and paleoecologic implications. Paleoichthys 7:1–29.
Stringer, G.L. & J.C. Sloan. 2018. Significance of early Paleocene fish otoliths from two Clayton Formation (Danian) sites in central Arkansas. Abstract, 52nd Annual GSA South-Central Section Meeting.