COLLECTION NAME:
Fossil Fishes of Alabama
Record
Article Title:
Cylindracanthus Version 1
Authors:
Ebersole, Jun A.; Cicimurri, David J.; Stringer, Gary L.; Jacquemin, Stephen J.; Ciampaglio, Charles N.
Entry:
Entry 4.080
Volume:
Volume 4
Issue:
Issue 80
Chapter:
Chapter 4: Paleogene Fishes of Alabama
Version:
Version 1
Class:
Osteichthyes
Order:
Incertae sedis
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
Cylindracanthus
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Citation:
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, G.L. Stringer, S.J. Jacquemin, & C.N. Ciampaglio. 2025. Paleogene Fishes of Alabama: Cylindracanthus version 1. In: J.A. Ebersole (ed.), Fossil Fishes of Alabama. McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama 4(80):1–5. https://doi.org/10.…
References Cited:
Agassiz, L. 1843. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 15th and 16th livraisons (March 1843). Jent and Gassmann, Soleure (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3. Pages 157–390.
Arratia, G., R.A. Scasso & W. Kiessling. 2004. Late Jurassic fishes from Longing Gap, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(1):41–55. https://doi.org/10.…
Clayton, A.A., C.N. Ciampaglio & D.J. Cicimurri. 2013. An inquiry into the stratigraphic occurrence of a Claibornian (Eocene) vertebrate fauna from Covington County, Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31:60–73.
Cope, E.D. 1870. A partial synopsis of the fishes of the fresh waters of North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(84):448–495.
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, L.M. Stallworth & A.D. Gentry. 2024. Preliminary report on the fishes (Chondrichthyes & Teleostei) from the lower Oligocene (Rupelian) Red Bluff Clay at site AMo-9, Monroe County, Alabama, USA. Palaeovertebrata. https://doi.org/10.…
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.…
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Grandstaff, B.S., R.A. Pellegrini, D.C. Parris & D. Clements. 2017. Thin section microscopy of the fossil fish Cylindracanthus. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 96:139–152.
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.
Leidy, J. 1856 (published 1857). Description of two Ichthyodorulites (February). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia VIII:11–12.
Leriche, M. 1942. Contribution à l’étude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la Plaine Côtière Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Les synchronismes des formations tertiaires des deux côtés de l’Atlantique. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 45(2–4):1–110.
Maisch, H.M., IV, M.A. Becker, B.W. Raines & J.A. Chamberlain, Jr. 2016. Osteichthyans from the Tallahatta–Lisbon Formation contact (middle Eocene–Lutetian) Pigeon Creek, Conecuh-Covington counties, Alabama with comments on transatlantic occurrences in the Northern Atlantic Ocean Basin. PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 13(3):1–22.
Meunier, F. J. & A. Huysseune. 1992. The concept of bone tissue in Osteichthyes. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 42(2-3), 445-458.
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.
Parris, D.C., B.S. Grandstaff & G.L. Bell, Jr. 2001. Reassessment of the affinities of the extinct genus Cylindracanthus (Osteichthyes). Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 80:161–172.
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.…
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
White, E.I. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 36(156):123–150.
Woodward, A.S. 1889. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History), London. 474 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Arratia, G., R.A. Scasso & W. Kiessling. 2004. Late Jurassic fishes from Longing Gap, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(1):41–55. https://doi.org/10.…
Clayton, A.A., C.N. Ciampaglio & D.J. Cicimurri. 2013. An inquiry into the stratigraphic occurrence of a Claibornian (Eocene) vertebrate fauna from Covington County, Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31:60–73.
Cope, E.D. 1870. A partial synopsis of the fishes of the fresh waters of North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(84):448–495.
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, L.M. Stallworth & A.D. Gentry. 2024. Preliminary report on the fishes (Chondrichthyes & Teleostei) from the lower Oligocene (Rupelian) Red Bluff Clay at site AMo-9, Monroe County, Alabama, USA. Palaeovertebrata. https://doi.org/10.…
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.…
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Grandstaff, B.S., R.A. Pellegrini, D.C. Parris & D. Clements. 2017. Thin section microscopy of the fossil fish Cylindracanthus. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 96:139–152.
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.
Leidy, J. 1856 (published 1857). Description of two Ichthyodorulites (February). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia VIII:11–12.
Leriche, M. 1942. Contribution à l’étude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la Plaine Côtière Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Les synchronismes des formations tertiaires des deux côtés de l’Atlantique. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 45(2–4):1–110.
Maisch, H.M., IV, M.A. Becker, B.W. Raines & J.A. Chamberlain, Jr. 2016. Osteichthyans from the Tallahatta–Lisbon Formation contact (middle Eocene–Lutetian) Pigeon Creek, Conecuh-Covington counties, Alabama with comments on transatlantic occurrences in the Northern Atlantic Ocean Basin. PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 13(3):1–22.
Meunier, F. J. & A. Huysseune. 1992. The concept of bone tissue in Osteichthyes. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 42(2-3), 445-458.
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.
Parris, D.C., B.S. Grandstaff & G.L. Bell, Jr. 2001. Reassessment of the affinities of the extinct genus Cylindracanthus (Osteichthyes). Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 80:161–172.
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.…
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
White, E.I. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 36(156):123–150.
Woodward, A.S. 1889. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History), London. 474 pages. https://doi.org/10.…