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2015 in paleoichthyology

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This list of fossil fishes described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that have been described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2015. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

Research

  • A study of the body sizes of Devonian and Carboniferous vertebrates (jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, cartilaginous fishes, ray-finned fishes and sarcopterygians, including tetrapods) is published by Sallan & Galimberti (2015), who conclude that following the Hangenberg event the majority of vertebrate lineages experienced persistent reductions in body size for at least 36 million years, and that the few large-bodied survivors of the Hangenberg event failed to diversify, while small-bodied survivors gave rise to all subsequent vertebrate lineages.{{cite journal |author1=Lauren Sallan |author2=Andrew K. Galimberti |year=2015 |title=Body-size reduction in vertebrates following the end-Devonian mass extinction |journal=Science |volume=350 |issue=6262 |pages=812–815 |doi=10.1126/science.aac7373 |pmid=26564854|bibcode=2015Sci...350..812S |s2cid=206640186 }}
  • A study on the skull anatomy of Acanthodes and its implications for inferring the phylogenetic placement of acanthodians is published by Brazeau & de Winter (2015).{{Cite journal|author1=Martin D. Brazeau |author2=Valerie de Winter |year=2015 |title=The hyoid arch and braincase anatomy of Acanthodes support chondrichthyan affinity of 'acanthodians' |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1821 |pages=20152210 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.2210 |pmc=4707761 |pmid=26674952 }}
  • A study on the fossil specimens considered to be either decomposed or immature specimens of Triazeugacanthus affinis is published by Chevrinais, Cloutier & Sire (2015), who reinterpret the variation initially thought to be caused by various degrees of decomposition as corresponding to ontogenetic changes.{{Cite journal|author1=Marion Chevrinais |author2=Richard Cloutier |author3=Jean-Yves Sire |year=2015 |title=The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus |journal=Biology Letters |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=20140950 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0950 |pmc=4360106 |pmid=25694507 }}
  • A study on the development of saw-teeth in the Cretaceous ray Schizorhiza stromeri is published by Smith et al. (2015).{{Cite journal|author1=Moya Meredith Smith |author2=Alex Riley |author3=Gareth J. Fraser |author4=Charlie Underwood |author5=Monique Welten |author6=Jürgen Kriwet |author7=Cathrin Pfaff |author8=Zerina Johanson |year=2015 |title=Early development of rostrum saw-teeth in a fossil ray tests classical theories of the evolution of vertebrate dentitions |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1816 |pages=20151628 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1628 |pmc=4614774 |pmid=26423843 }}
  • Three large mackerel shark vertebrae, interpreted as belonging to a single individual with a calculated total body length of 6.3 m, are described from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation (Texas, United States) by Frederickson, Schaefer & Doucette-Frederickson (2015).{{Cite journal|author1=Joseph A. Frederickson |author2=Scott N. Schaefer |author3=Janessa A. Doucette-Frederickson |year=2015 |title=A gigantic shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=e0127162 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0127162 |pmc=4454486 |pmid=26039066 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1027162F |doi-access=free }}

New taxa

=Jawless vertebrates=

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Ciderius{{cite journal |author =Gambit van der Brugghen |year=2015 |title=Ciderius cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov., the earliest known euphaneropid from the Lower Silurian of Scotland |journal=Netherlands Journal of Geosciences |volume=94 |issue=3 |pages=279–288 |doi=10.1017/njg.2015.18 |bibcode=2015NJGeo..94..279V |s2cid=234349437 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Van der Brugghen

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Silurian (early Wenlock)

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Fish Bed Formation

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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A member of Euphaneropidae. The type species is Ciderius cooperi.

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Mitraspis{{cite journal |author1=David K. Elliott |author2=Hans-Peter Schultze |author3=Alain Blieck |year=2015 |title=A new pteraspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, and comments on environmental preferences of pteraspids |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=e1005098 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1005098 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E5098E |s2cid=129333836 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Elliott, Schultze & Blieck

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Devonian (Lochkovian)

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Drake Bay Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A pteraspid heterostracan. The type species is Mitraspis cracens.

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Rhegmaspis{{cite journal |author1=Zhi-Kun Gai |author2=Min Zhu |author3=Lian-Tao Jia |author4=Wen-Jin Zhao |year=2015 |title=A streamlined jawless fish (Galeapida) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China and its taxonomic and paleoecological implications |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=93–109 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201504/P020150420387565261949.pdf |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.02.001 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gai et al.

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Devonian (Pragian)

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Posongchong Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A gantarostrataspidid huananaspidiform galeaspid. The type species is Rhegmaspis xiphoidea.

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Siyingia perlatuspinosa{{cite journal |author1=Chu-Dong Si |author2=Zhi-Kun Gai |author3=Wen-Jin Zhao |year=2015 |title=A new species of Siyingia from the Lower Devonian Xishancun Formation of Qujing, Yunnan |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=110–122 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/t20150121_4302636.html |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.02.002 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Si, Gai & Zhao

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Devonian (Lochkovian)

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Xishancun Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A polybranchiaspidid galeaspid, a species of Siyingia.

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Tolypelepis mielnikensis{{cite journal |author =Marek Dec |year=2015 |title=A new Tolypelepidid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Late Silurian of Poland |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=637–644 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2015.28 |bibcode=2015JPal...89..637D |s2cid=131220227 }}

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Sp. nov

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Disputed

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Dec

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Silurian (Pridoli)

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{{Flag|Poland}}

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A member of Tolypelepidida, a species of Tolypelepis. Märss (2019) considered it to be a junior synonym of T. undulata.{{Cite journal|author=Tiiu Märss |year=2019 |title=Silurian cyathaspidid heterostracans of Northern Eurasia |journal=Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=113–146 |doi=10.3176/earth.2019.11 |s2cid=202181325 |doi-access=free }}

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=Placoderms=

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Driscollaspis{{cite journal |author1=Martin Rücklin |author2=John A. Long |author3=Kate Trinajstic |year=2015 |title=A new selenosteid arthrodire ('Placodermi') from the Late Devonian of Morocco |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e908896 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.908896 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E8896R |s2cid=131147101 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1325065 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Rücklin, Long & Trinajstic

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Late Devonian

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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A selenosteid arthrodire. The type species is Driscollaspis pankowskiorum.

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Groenlandaspis potyi{{cite journal |author1=Sébastien Olive |author2=Cyrille Prestianni |author3=Vincent Dupret |year=2015 |title=A new species of Groenlandaspis Heintz, 1932 (Placodermi, Arthrodira), from the Famennian (Late Devonian) of Belgium |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e935389 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.935389 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E5389O |s2cid=83640692 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Olive, Prestianni & Dupret

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Devonian (late Famennian)

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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A phlyctaeniid arthrodire, a species of Groenlandaspis.

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Grossilepis rikiki{{cite journal |author =Sébastien Olive |year=2015 |title=Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=711–731 |doi=10.4202/app.00015.2013 |s2cid=55836443 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Olive

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Devonian (late Famennian)

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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A member of Antiarchi, a species of Grossilepis.

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Pauropetalichthys{{cite journal |author1=Zhaohui Pan |author2=Min Zhu |author3=You’an Zhu |author4=Liantao Jia |year=2015 |title=A new petalichthyid placoderm from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=125–137 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.006 |bibcode=2015CRPal..14..125P }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Pan et al.

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Devonian (late Emsian)

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{{Flag|China}}

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A quasipetalichthyid petalichthyid. The type species is Pauropetalichthys magnoculus.

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Remigolepis durnalensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Olive

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Devonian (Famennian)

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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A member of Antiarchi, a species of Remigolepis.

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Turrisaspis strudensis{{cite journal |author1=Sébastien Olive |author2=Gaël Clément |author3=Edward B. Daeschler |author4=Vincent Dupret |year=2015 |title=Characterization of the placoderm (Gnathostomata) assemblage from the tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Belgium, upper Famennian) |journal=Palaeontology |volume=58 |issue=6 |pages=981–1002 |doi=10.1111/pala.12190 |s2cid=128665705 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Olive et al.

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Devonian (late Famennian)

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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A relative of Groenlandaspis, a species of Turrisaspis.

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=Acanthodians=

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Erymnacanthus{{cite journal |author1=Stephanie A. Blais |author2=Chelsea R. Hermus |author3=Mark V. H. Wilson |year=2015 |title=Four new Early Devonian ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: an early experiment in dental diversity |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e948546 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.948546 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E8546B |s2cid=129673752 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Blais, Hermus & Wilson

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Devonian (Lochkovian)

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Erymnacanthus clivus.

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Euryacanthus

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Blais, Hermus & Wilson

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Devonian (Lochkovian)

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Euryacanthus rugosus.

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Tricuspicanthus

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Blais, Hermus & Wilson

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Devonian (Lochkovian)

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Tricuspicanthus gannitus; genus also contains Tricuspicanthus pisciculus.

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=Cartilaginous fishes=

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Antarctilamna ultima{{cite journal |author1=Robert W. Gess |author2=Michael I. Coates |year=2015 |title=High-latitude Chondrichthyans from the Late Devonian (Famennian) Witpoort formation of South Africa |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=147–169 |doi=10.1007/s12542-014-0221-9 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..147G |s2cid=140726995 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gess & Coates

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Devonian (Famennian)

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Witpoort Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A species of Antarctilamna.

|File:Antarctilamna ultima.jpg

Argoubia arnoldmülleri{{Cite journal|author =Ronny M. Leder |year=2015 |title=Fossil remains of selachiens and chimaera from the Muschelschluff and Phosphoritknollenhorizont of Zwenkau near Leipzig |journal=Geologica Saxonica |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=73–90 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/geologicasaxonica/61_1/05_geologica-saxonica61-1_2015_leder.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Leder

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A mobuline eagle ray, a species of Argoubia.

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Arnomobula

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Leder

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A mobuline eagle ray. The type species is Arnomobula eythrai.

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Callorhinchus alfordi{{Cite journal|author1=David J. Cicimurri |author2=Jun A. Ebersole |year=2015 |title=Paleocene chimaeroid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the eastern United States, including two new species of Callorhinchus |journal=PaleoBios |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–29 |url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6g94r8jf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cicimurri & Ebersole

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Paleocene (Thanetian)

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Aquia Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus.

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Callorhinchus phillipsi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cicimurri & Ebersole

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Paleocene (Danian)

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Clayton Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus.

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Carcharhinus caquetius{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño |author2=Erin Maxwell |author3=Orangel A. Aguilera |author4=Rodolfo Sánchez |author5=Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra |year=2015 |title=Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=e0139230 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0139230 |pmid=26488163 |pmc=4619466|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1039230C |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Carrillo-Briceño et al.

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Miocene

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Urumaco Formation

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{{Flag|Venezuela}}

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A requiem shark, a species of Carcharhinus.

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Carcharomodus{{cite journal |author1=Jürgen Kriwet |author2=Heike Mewis |author3=Oliver Hampe |year=2015 |title=A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=857–875 |doi=10.4202/app.00066.2014 |s2cid=55462125 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Disputed

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Kriwet, Mewis & Hempe

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Miocene to Pliocene

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Europe

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A member of Lamnidae; a new genus for "Carcharodon" escheri Agassiz, 1843. De Schutter, van der Vliet & Bor (2021) did not consider it to be a genus distinct from Isurus.{{cite journal |author1=Pieter J. De Schutter |author2=Rene W.N. van der Vliet |author3=Taco J. Bor |year=2021 |title=Dental evolution of the 'serrated' mako shark, Isurus subserratus aka I. escheri (Chondrichthyes, Lamnidae) in the late Neogene of the North Sea Basin |journal=Cainozoic Research |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=173–192 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357097975 }}

|File:Carcharomodus-escheri-teeth.png

Cetorhinus piersoni{{cite journal |author =Bruce J. Welton |year=2015 |title=A New Species of Late Early Miocene Cetorhinus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and Coeval Cetorhinus from Washington and California |journal=Contributions in Science |volume=523 |pages=67–89 |doi=10.5962/p.241294 |s2cid=242792009 |url=http://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS_523.67-89.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Welton

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Early Miocene

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Astoria Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A relative of the basking shark.

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Cooleyella duffini{{cite journal |author1=Alexander O. Ivanov |author2=Merlynd K. Nestell |author3=Galina P. Nestell |year=2015 |title=Middle Permian fish microremains from the Early Capitanian of the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA |journal=Micropaleontology |volume=61 |issue=4–5 |pages=301–312 |doi=10.47894/mpal.61.4.04 |bibcode=2015MiPal..61..301I |s2cid=133058092 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ivanov in Ivanov, Nestell & Nestell

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Permian (early Capitanian)

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Bell Canyon Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Neoselachii belonging to the family Anachronistidae.

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Cretalamna catoxodon

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Cretalamna deschutteri

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)

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{{Flag|France}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Cretalamna ewelli

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Cretalamna gertericorum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)

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{{Flag|France}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Cretalamna hattini

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Cretalamna sarcoportheta{{cite journal |author1=Mikael Siverson |author2=Johan Lindgren |author3=Michael G. Newbrey |author4=Peter Cederström |author5=Todd D. Cook |year=2015 |title=Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=339–384 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0137 |s2cid=58906204 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

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{{Flag|Sweden}}

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An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

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Diademodus dominicus{{Cite journal|author1=Brett Roelofs |author2=Ted Playton |author3=Milo Barham |author4=Kate Trinajstic |year=2015 |title=Upper Devonian microvertebrates from the Canning Basin, Western Australia |journal=Acta Geologica Polonica |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=69–100 |url=http://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/21992 |doi=10.1515/agp-2015-0003 |bibcode=2015AcGeP..65...69R |hdl=20.500.11937/22966 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Roelofs et al.

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Late Devonian

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Virgin Hills Formation

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Diademodus.

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Edaphodon snowhillensis{{cite journal |author1=Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli |author2=Daniel A. Cabrera |author3=Alberto L. Cione |author4=José P. O'Gorman |author5=Rodolfo A. Coria |author6=Marta Fernández |year=2015 |title=The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e981128 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.981128 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E1128G |hdl=11336/53488 |s2cid=129091192 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gouiric-Cavalli et al.

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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)

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Snow Hill Island Formation

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Antarctica (James Ross Island)

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A chimaera, a species of Edaphodon.

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Gogoselachus{{cite journal |author1=John A. Long |author2=Carole J. Burrow |author3=Michał Ginter |author4=John G. Maisey |author5=Kate M. Trinajstic |author6=Michael I. Coates |author7=Gavin C. Young |author8=Tim J. Senden |year=2015 |title=First Shark from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia Sheds New Light on the Development of Tessellated Calcified Cartilage |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=e0126066 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0126066 |pmid=26020788 |pmc=4447464|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1026066L |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Long et al.

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Devonian (early Frasnian)

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Gogo Formation

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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A member of Chondrichthyes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae.

|File:Gogoselachus_jaw.png

Keasius rhenanus{{cite journal |author1=T. Reinecke |author2=F. von der Hocht |author3=L. Dufraing |year=2015 |title=Fossil basking shark of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to late Middle Miocene and description of two new species |journal=Palaeontos |volume=28 |pages=39–98 |url=http://www.palaeontos.be/28/det28.html }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing

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Miocene (late Burdigalian)

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Lower Mica Finesand Formation

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius.

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Keasius septemtrionalis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing

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Oligocene (early / middle Chattian)

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Sülstorf Beds

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius.

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Kenolamna

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Siverson et al.

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Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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An otodontid, a new genus for "Cretolamna" gunsoni Siverson (1996).

|File:Kenolamna_gunsoni.jpg

Oligoraja{{cite journal |author =Thomas Reinecke |year=2015 |title=Batoids (Rajiformes, Torpediniformes, Myliobatiformes) from the Sülstorf Beds (Chattian, Late Oligocene) of Mecklenburg, northeastern Germany: a revision and description of three new species |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=e2 |url=http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/63 |doi=10.18563/pv.39.2.e2 |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Reinecke

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Oligocene (Chattian)

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Sülstorf Beds

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A skate. The type species is Oligoraja pristina.

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Paraptychodus{{cite journal |author =Shawn A. Hamm |year=2015 |title=Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. et n. sp., of Ptychodontid shark from the Albian of Texas, USA |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=54 |pages=60–67 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.10.015 |bibcode=2015CrRes..54...60H }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Hamm

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Early Cretaceous (middle Albian)

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Duck Creek Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Ptychodontidae. The type species is Paraptychodus washitaensis.

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Portalodus mannoliniae{{cite journal |author1=Daniel Potvin-Leduc |author2=Richard Cloutier |author3=Ed Landing |author4=Linda Van Aller Hernick |author5=Frank Mannolini |year=2015 |title=Middle Devonian (Givetian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=183–200 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0101 |s2cid=54880948 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Potvin-Leduc et al.

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Devonian (Givetian)

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Plattekill Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Elasmobranchii, an omalodontid omalodontiform; a species of Portalodus.

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Pseudaetobatus belli{{cite journal |author1=David J. Cicimurri |author2=Jun A. Ebersole |year=2015 |title=Two new species of Pseudaetobatus Cappetta, 1986 (Batoidei: Myliobatidae) from the southeastern United States |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 18.1.15A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2015/1114-new-eocene-rays-from-the-u-s |doi=10.26879/524 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cicimurri & Ebersole

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Early Eocene (Ypresian)

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Hatchetigbee Formation

Tallahatta Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus.

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Pseudaetobatus undulatus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cicimurri & Ebersole

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Late Eocene (Priabonian)

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Dry Branch Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus.

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Pseudomegachasma{{cite journal |author1=Kenshu Shimada |author2=Evgeny V. Popov |author3=Mikael Siversson |author4=Bruce J. Welton |author5=Douglas J. Long |year=2015 |title=A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e981335 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.981335 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E1335S |s2cid=83793715 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1568191 }}

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Nom. nov et comb. nov

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Valid

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Shimada et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Greenhorn Limestone

Polpino Formation

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{{Flag|Russia}}

{{Flag|United States}}

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A putative planktivorous shark, possibly a sand shark; a replacement name for Eorhincodon Nessov (1999) (preoccupied). The type species is "Eorhincodon" casei Nessov (1999); genus also contains "Megachasma" comanchensis Shimada (2007).

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Raja thiedei

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Reinecke

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Oligocene (Chattian)

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Sülstorf Beds

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A skate, a species of Raja.

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Scyliorhinus kannenbergi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Leder

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus.

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Squaliomicrus{{cite journal |author =Hideshi Suzuki |year=2015 |title=A new genus of the Family Dalatiidae (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Miocene of Japan |journal=Journal of Fossil Research |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=41–47 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Suzuki

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Miocene

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Iseyama Formation

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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A member of Dalatiidae. The type species is Squaliomicrus sanadaensis.

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Thrinacodus dziki{{cite journal |author1=Michał Ginter |author2=Christopher J. Duffin |author3=Mark T. Dean |author4=Dieter Korn |year=2015 |title=Late Viséan pelagic chondrichthyans from northern Europe |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=899–922 |doi=10.4202/app.00084.2014 |s2cid=51740625 |url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/513295/1/app000842014.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ginter et al.

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Carboniferous (late Viséan)

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Holy Cross Mountains

Eyam Limestone

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{{Flag|Poland}}

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Thrinacodus.

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Torpedo chattica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Reinecke

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Oligocene (Chattian)

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Sülstorf Beds

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A member of Torpedinidae, a species of Torpedo.

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

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! Location

! Notes

! Images

Acrorhinichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Louis Taverne |author2=Luigi Capasso |year=2015 |title=Osteology and relationships of Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=116 |pages=1–30 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2015.116 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne & Capasso

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Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is Acrorhinichthys poyatoi.

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Alosa paulicrenata{{Cite journal|author1=Andriy Bratishko |author2=Werner Schwarzhans |author3=Bettina Reichenbacher |author4=Yuliia Vernyhorova |author5=Stjepan Ćorić |year=2015 |title=Fish otoliths from the Konkian (Miocene, early Serravallian) of Mangyshlak (Kazakhstan): testimony to an early endemic evolution in the Eastern Paratethys |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=839–889 |doi=10.1007/s12542-015-0274-4 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..839B |s2cid=130433454 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

|

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A river herring.

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Altisolepis sinensis{{Cite journal|author1=Zuo-Yu Sun |author2=Cristina Lombardo |author3=Andrea Tintori |author4=Da-Yong Jiang |year=2015 |title=A new species of Altisolepis (Peltopleuriformes, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Southern China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e909819 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.909819 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E9819S |s2cid=83593398 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Sun et al.

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Guanling Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A peltopleurid peltopleuriform, a species of Altisolepis.

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Aphia djafarovae

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

|

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A relative of the transparent goby.

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Apuliadercetis indeherbergei{{Cite journal|author1=Louis Taverne |author2=Stijn Goolaerts |year=2015 |title=The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands |journal=Geologica Belgica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=21–30 |url=http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=4794 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne & Goolaerts

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Gulpen Formation

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Apuliadercetis.

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Armigatus oligodentatus{{Cite journal|author1=Oksana Vernygora |author2=Alison M. Murray |year=2015 |title=A new species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, and its phylogenetic relationships |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1031342 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1031342 |s2cid=86230107 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vernygora & Murray

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-early Turonian)

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Akrabou Formation

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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A clupeomorph belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes; a species of Armigatus.

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Atacamaia{{Cite journal|author1=Gloria Arratia |author2=Hans-Peter Schultze |year=2015 |title=A new fossil actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e983524 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.983524 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3524A |s2cid=85651637 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_fossil_actinistian_from_the_Early_Jurassic_of_Chile_and_its_bearing_on_the_phylogeny_of_Actinistia/1568190 |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Arratia & Schultze

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Early Jurassic

|

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{{Flag|Chile}}

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An actinistian, probably a member of the group Coelacanthiformes and the family Whiteiidae. The type species is Atacamaia solitaria.

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Ballagadus

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

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Ballagan Formation

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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A lungfish. The type species is Ballagadus rossi; genus also includes Ballagadus caustrimi.

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Beiduyu{{Cite journal|author1=Alison M. Murray |author2=Lida Xing |author3=Julien Divay |author4=Juan Liu |author5=Fengping Wang |year=2015 |title=A Late Jurassic freshwater fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from Qijiang, Chongqing, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e911187 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.911187 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E1187M |s2cid=85946657 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Murray et al.

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Late Jurassic

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Suining Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A relative of gars. The type species is Beiduyu qijiangensis.

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Bolcaichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Giuseppe Marramà |author2=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2015 |title=The Eocene sardine †Bolcaichthys catopygopterus (Woodward, 1901) from Monte Bolca, Italy: osteology, taxonomy, and paleobiology |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=e1014490 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1014490 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E4490M |hdl=2318/1566882 |s2cid=86352585 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Eocene_sardine_i_Bolcaichthys_catopygopterus_i_Woodward_1901_from_Monte_Bolca_Italy_osteology_taxonomy_and_paleobiology/1591874 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Marramà & Carnevale

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Eocene

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Monte Bolca locality

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A member of Clupeidae. A new genus for "Clupea" catopygoptera Woodward (1901).

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Canaryichthys{{Cite journal|author =Alan Bartholomai |year=2015 |title=An Early Cretaceous (late Albian) halecomorph (? Ionoscopiformes) fish from the Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga Basin, Queensland |journal= Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature |volume=59 |pages=61–74 |doi=10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2015.2014-05 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-20 |s2cid=54954323 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bartholomai

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Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

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Toolebuc Formation

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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A member of Halecomorphi, possibly a member of the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is Canaryichthys rozefeldsi.

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Capassoichthys{{Cite journal|author =Louis Taverne |year=2015 |title=Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 38° Capassoichthys alfonsoi gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ichthyodectidae) |journal=Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona |volume=39 |pages=35–46 |url=http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/35-46.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Taverne

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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)

|

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A member of Ichthyodectidae. The type species is Capassoichthys alfonsoi.

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Caprosimilis{{Cite journal|author1=Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk |author2=Niels Bonde |year=2015 |title=A new Oligocene relative of the Caproidae (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii) from the Outer Carpathians, Poland |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=461–478 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1520 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Bieńkowska-Wasiluk & Bonde

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Oligocene (Rupelian)

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{{Flag|Poland}}

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A member of Acanthopterygii of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a relative of boarfishes. The type species is Caprosimilis carpathicus.

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Cathlorhynchus zengi{{Cite journal|author1=Tuo Qiao |author2=Min Zhu |year=2015 |title=A new Early Devonian lungfish from Guangxi, China, and its palaeogeographic significance |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=428–437 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2015.1015819 |bibcode=2015Alch...39..428Q |s2cid=129508939 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Qiao & Zhu

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Devonian (early Emsian)

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Yukiang Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A dipnorhynchid lungfish, a species of Cathlorhynchus.

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Ceneichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Louis Taverne |author2=Luigi Capasso |year=2015 |title=Osteology and relationships of Ceneichthys zambellii gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Pholidophoridae) from the Late Triassic of northern Italy |journal=Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona |volume=39 |pages=13–26 |url=http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/13-26.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Taverne & Capasso

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Late Triassic (late Norian)

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Zorzino Formation

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{{Flag|Italy}}

|

A member of Pholidophoridae. The type species is Ceneichthys zambellii.

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Centracanthus pobedinae

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A relative of the curled picarel.

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Cobitis nanningensis{{cite journal |author1=Geng-jiao Chen |author2=Wei Liao |author3=Xue-qiang Lei |year=2015 |title=First fossil cobitid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Early-Middle Oligocene deposits of South China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=299–309 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201512/t20151204_4487697.html |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.04.004 }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen, Liao & Lei

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Oligocene

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Yongning Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Cobitidae, a species of Cobitis.

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Coccovedus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

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Ballagan Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A lungfish. The type species is Coccovedus celatus.

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Ctenodus roberti{{Cite journal|author1=Timothy R. Smithson |author2=Kelly R. Richards |author3=Jennifer A. Clack |year=2015 |title=Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian extinction |journal=Palaeontology |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=29–44 |doi=10.1111/pala.12203 |s2cid=55266403 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

|

Ballagan Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.

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Ctenodus whitropei

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

|

Ballagan Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.

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Ctenodus williei

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

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Ballagan Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.

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Cyclothone mukhachevae{{Cite journal|author =Mikhail V. Nazarkin |year=2015 |title=Fossil Bristlemouth Cyclothone mukhachevae sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Gonostomatidae) from the Neogene of Western Sakhalin, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=162–175 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115020045 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49..162N |s2cid=128915597 }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Nazarkin

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Miocene

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Kurasi Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone.

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Cyranichthys jagti

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Taverne & Goolaerts

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

|

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}

{{Flag|Netherlands}}

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A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Cyranichthys.

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Diaphus prokofievi{{Cite journal|author =Louis Taverne |year=2015 |title=Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d'Apricena (Italie du Sud). 8°. Diaphus prokofievi sp. nov. (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) |journal=Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona |volume=39 |pages=27–34 |url=http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/27-34.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne

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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

|

{{Flag|Italy}}

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A species of Diaphus.

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Ducrotayichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Louis Taverne |author2=Luigi Capasso |year=2015 |title=New data on the osteology and phylogeny of Gladiopycnodontidae (Pycnodontiformes), a tropical fossil fish family from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of four genera |journal=Geo-Eco-Trop |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=217–246 |url=http://www.geoecotrop.be/uploads/publications/pub_392_05.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne & Capasso

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Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)

|

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is D. cornutus.

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Eleogobius{{Cite journal|author1=Christoph Gierl |author2=Bettina Reichenbacher |year=2015 |title=A New Fossil Genus of Gobiiformes from the Miocene Characterized by a Mosaic Set of Characters |journal=Copeia |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=792–805 |doi=10.1643/CI-14-146 |s2cid=86029194 }}

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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gierl & Reichenbacher

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Miocene

|

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A member of Gobiiformes. The type species is "Cottus" brevis Agassiz; genus also includes the new species Eleogobius gaudanti.

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Eoprocypris{{Cite journal|author1=GengJiao Chen |author2=Mee-Mann Chang |author3=HuanZhang Liu |year=2015 |title=Revision of Cyprinus maomingensis Liu 1957 and the first discovery of Procypris-like cyprinid (Teleostei, Pisces) from the late Eocene of South China |journal=Science China Earth Sciences |volume=58 |issue=7 |pages=1123–1132 |doi=10.1007/s11430-015-5085-7 |bibcode=2015ScChD..58.1123C |s2cid=86129608 }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Chen, Chang & Liu

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Late Eocene

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Youganwo Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Cyprinidae; a new genus for "Cyprinus" maomingensis Liu (1957).

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Eoscomber{{Cite journal|author1=Kerin M. Claeson |author2=Raphaël Sarr |author3=Robert V. Hill |author4=El Hadji Sow |author5=Raymond Malou |author6=Maureen A. O'Leary |year=2015 |title=New fossil scombrid (Pelagia: Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegal |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |volume=164 |issue=1 |pages=133–147 |doi=10.1635/053.164.0111 |s2cid=83618441 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Claeson et al.

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Early Eocene

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Thies Formation

|

{{Flag|Senegal}}

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A member of Scombridae. The type species is Eoscomber senegalicus.

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Equinoxiodus schultzei{{Cite journal|author1=Eliane Pinheiro De Sousa |author2=Manuel Alfredo Medeiros |author3=Carlos Eduardo Vieira Toledo |author4=Reinaldo J. Bertini |author5=Agostinha Araújo Pereira |author6=Rafael Matos Lindoso |year=2015 |title=A new species of Equinoxiodus (Dipnoi: ?Neoceratodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3905 |issue=3 |pages=397–406 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.5 |pmid=25661218 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Sousa et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)

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Alcântara Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A lungfish, possibly member of Neoceratodontidae; a species of Equinoxiodus.

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Gardinerpiscis{{Cite journal|author1=C. Romano |author2=I. Kogan |year=2015 |title=Gardinerpiscis nom. nov., a Replacement Name for the Preoccupied Genus Name Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1981 (Actinopterygii, Osteichthyes) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=677–678 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115060118 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49..677R |s2cid=86206512 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/115318/22/ZORA_NL_115318.pdf }}

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Nom. nov

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Valid

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Romano & Kogan

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Permian (Kungurian?)

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Kempir Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A member of the family Karaunguriidae (a group of ray-finned fishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement); a replacement name for Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva (1981) (preoccupied).

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Genyonemus? karagiensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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A member of the family Sciaenidae. Originally described as a possible species of Genyonemus, but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Leptosciaena by Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Alexandre F. Bannikov |author2=Werner W. Schwarzhans |author3=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2018 |title=Neogene Paratethyan croakers (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=124 |issue=3 |pages=535–571 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/10696 }}

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“Gobiida” bicornuta{{Cite journal|author1=Chien-Hsiang Lin |author2=Angela Girone |author3=Dirk Nolf |year=2015 |title=Tortonian fish otoliths from turbiditic deposits in Northern Italy: taxonomic and stratigraphic significance |journal=Geobios |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=249–261 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2015.03.003 |bibcode=2015Geobi..48..249L |url=https://zenodo.org/record/913237 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Lin, Girone & Wolf

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Miocene (Tortonian)

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Sant’Agata Fossili Formation

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A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).{{Cite journal|author1=Werner Schwarzhans |author2=Konstantina Agiadi |author3=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2020 |title=Late Miocene–early Pliocene evolution of Mediterranean gobies and their environmental and biogeographic significance |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=126 |issue=3 |pages=657–723 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/14185 }}

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“Gobiida” brioche

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Lin, Girone & Wolf

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Miocene (Tortonian) and Pliocene

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Sant’Agata Fossili Formation

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{{Flag|Morocco}}{{cite journal |author=Werner Schwarzhans |year=2023 |title=Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for the Early Pliocene remigration into the Mediterranean |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=142 |issue=1 |at=4 |doi=10.1186/s13358-023-00268-4 |bibcode=2023SwJP..142....4S |doi-access=free }}

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A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).

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Hayolperichthys

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne & Capasso

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Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)

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A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is H. pectospinus.

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Hyrcanogobius hesperis{{Cite journal|author1=Werner Schwarzhans |author2=Katarina Bradić |author3=Ljupko Rundić |year=2015 |title=Fish-otoliths from the marine-brackish water transition from the Middle Miocene of the Belgrade area, Serbia |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=815–837 |doi=10.1007/s12542-015-0272-6 |pmc=5448078 |pmid=28596623 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..815S }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić

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Miocene (late Serravallian)

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A goby. Originally described as a species of Hyrcanogobius; Schwarzhans et al. (2017) transferred it to the genus Hesperichthys.{{Cite journal|author1=Werner Schwarzhans |author2=Harald Ahnelt |author3=Giorgio Carnevale |author4=Sanja Japundžić |author5=Katarina Bradić |author6=Andriy Bratishko |year=2017 |title=Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=136 |issue=1 |pages=45–92 |doi=10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7 |bibcode=2017SwJP..136...45S |s2cid=89368295 |doi-access=free }}

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Isadia arefievi{{Cite journal |author1=A. V. Minikh |author2=M. P. Arefiev |author3=V. K. Golubev |year=2015 |title=A New Fish Species of the Genus Isadia (Actinopterygii, Eurynotoidiformes) from the New Locality on the Malaya Northern Dvina River (Terminal Permian, Vologda Region) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=615–626 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115060076 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49..615M |s2cid=130267784 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Minikh, Arefiev & Golubev

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Late Permian

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Salarevo Formation

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A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Chondrostei and the order Eurynotoidiformes; a species of Isadia.

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Jonoichthys{{Cite journal|author =Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli |year=2015 |title=Jonoichthys challwa gen. et sp. nov., a new Aspidorhynchiform (Osteichthyes, Neopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from the marine Upper Jurassic sediments of Argentina, with comments about paleobiogeography of Jurassic aspidorhynchids |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=291–304 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.007 |bibcode=2015CRPal..14..291G |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/53596 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gouiric-Cavalli

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Late Jurassic

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Vaca Muerta Formation

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A member of Aspidorhynchiformes. The type species is Jonoichthys challwa.

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Kenyaichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Melanie Altner |author2=Bettina Reichenbacher |year=2015 |title=†Kenyaichthyidae fam. nov. and †Kenyaichthys gen. nov. – First Record of a Fossil Aplocheiloid Killifish (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=e0123056 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0123056 |pmid=25923654 |pmc=4414574|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1023056A |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Altner & Reichenbacher

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Late Miocene

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Lukeino Formation

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An aplocheiloid cyprinodontiform. The type species is Kenyaichthys kipkechi.

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Labrobolcus{{cite journal |author1=Alexandre F. Bannikov |author2=David R. Bellwood |year=2015 |title=A new genus and species of labrid fish (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy |journal=Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XVI - Miscellanea paleontologica |volume=13 |pages=5–16 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285594260 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bannikov & Bellwood

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Eocene (Ypresian)

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Monte Bolca locality

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A wrasse. The type species is Labrobolcus giorgioi.

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Leithaodon{{Cite journal|author1=Giorgio Carnevale |author2=James C. Tyler |year=2015 |title=A new pufferfish (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae) from the Middle Miocene of St. Margarethen, Austria |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=435–447 |doi=10.1007/s12542-014-0243-3 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..435C |s2cid=140581004 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Carnevale & Tyler

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Middle Miocene

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A member of Tetraodontidae. The type species is Leithaodon sandroi.

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Malingichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Andrea Tintori |author2=Zuoyu Sun |author3=Peigang Ni |author4=Cristina Lombardo |author5=Dayong Jiang |author6=Ryosuke Motani |year=2015 |title=Oldest stem Teleostei from the late Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Southern China |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=121 |issue=3 |pages=285–296 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/6519 }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Tintori et al.

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Middle Triassic (late Ladinian)

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Falang Formation

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A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Malingichthys nimaiguensis; genus also includes Malingichthys wanfenglinensis.

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Morone? bannikovi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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A temperate bass, probably a species of Morone.

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Moythomasia lineata{{Cite journal|author =Brian Choo |year=2015 |title=A new species of the Devonian actinopterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e952817 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.952817 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E2817C |s2cid=85934738 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Choo

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Late Devonian

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An early ray-finned fish, a species of Moythomasia.

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Neogobius udovichenkoi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A goby, a species of Neogobius.

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Nickcaves{{cite journal |author1=Giorgio Carnevale |author2=Alexandre F. Bannikov |year=2015 |title=Pietschellidae fam. nov., a new family of miniature percomorph fishes from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, with the description of a new genus and species |journal=Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XVI - Miscellanea paleontologica |volume=13 |pages=17–26 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285538096 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Carnevale & Bannikov

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Eocene (Ypresian)

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Monte Bolca locality

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A member of Percomorphacea related to Pietschellus aenigmaticus. The type species is Nickcaves pterygocephalus.

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Ningxiaplatysomus{{Cite journal|author1=Kai Tan |author2=Xi Wang |author3=Li-wu Lu |year=2015 |title=A new Carboniferous platysomoid fish from Ningxia, Northwest China |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=174–183 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=25&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201502004&dbname=CJFDTEMP }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Tan, Wang & Lu

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Carboniferous (Namurian)

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Tupo Formation

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A ray-finned fish related to Platysomus. The type species is Ningxiaplatysomus parvus.

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Occludus

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

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Ballagan Formation

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A lungfish. The type species is "Ctenodus" romeri Thomson (1965).

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Ombilinichthys{{Cite journal|author1=A. M. Murray |author2=Y. Zaim |author3=Y. Rizal |author4=Y. Aswan |author5=G. F. Gunnell |author6=R. L. Ciochon |year=2015 |title=A fossil gourami (Teleostei, Anabantoidei) from probable Eocene deposits of the Ombilin Basin, Sumatra, Indonesia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e906444 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.906444 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E6444M |s2cid=86439009 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1325064 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Murray et al.

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Age uncertain, probably Eocene

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Sangkarewang Formation

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A gourami. The type species is Ombilinichthys yamini.

|File:Ombilinichthys_yamini.jpg

Ophiopsiella{{cite journal |author1=Jennifer A. Lane |author2=Martin Ebert |year=2015 |title=A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e883238 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.883238 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3238L |s2cid=86350086 }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Lane & Ebert

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Middle Triassic to Late Jurassic

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A ionoscopiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin); a new genus for the majority of species traditionally assigned to the genus Ophiopsis. The type species is "Ophiopsis" procerus Agassiz (1843); genus also contains "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857).

|File:OphiopsiellaProceraAgassiz.jpg

Panxianichthys{{cite journal |author1=Guang-Hui Xu |author2=Chen-Chen Shen |year=2015 |title=Panxianichthys imparilis gen. et sp. nov., a new ionoscopiform (Halecomorphi) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=1–15 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/P020150121394053090016.pdf |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.01.001 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Xu & Chen

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Guanling Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A non-parasemionotiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin). Originally described as a member of Ionoscopiformes; Zuoyu et al. (2017) transferred it to the separate order Panxianichthyiformes.{{cite journal |author1=Sun Zuoyu |author2=Andrea Tintori |author3=Xu Yaozhong |author4=Cristina Lombardo |author5=Ni Peigang |author6=Jiang Dayong |year=2017 |title=A new non-parasemionotiform order of the Halecomorphi (Neopterygii, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Tethys |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=223–240 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2016.1181679 |bibcode=2017JSPal..15..223Z |s2cid=133176227 }} The type species is Panxianichthys imparilis.

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Paphosiscus{{Cite journal|author1=Eileen D. Grogan |author2=Richard Lund |year=2015 |title=Two new Actinopterygii (Vertebrata, Osteichthyes) with cosmine from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath Fm., Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana USA |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |volume=164 |issue=1 |pages=111–132 |doi=10.1635/053.164.0114 |s2cid=130093887 }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Grogan & Lund

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Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)

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Heath Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A ray-finned fish. Genus contains Paphosiscus circulocaudus and Paphosiscus scalmocristus.

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Parablennius prokofievi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A combtooth blenny, a species of Parablennius.

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Paralebias conquensis{{Cite journal|author1=Jean Gaudant |author2=Eduardo Barrón |author3=Pere Anadón |author4=Bettina Reichenbacher |author5=Enrique Peñalver |year=2015 |title=Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Miocene Arcas del Villar gypsum sequence (Spain), based on palynomorphs and cyprinodontiform fishes |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=277 |issue=1 |pages=105–124 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2015/0503 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gaudant et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A member of Poeciliidae, a species of Paralebias.

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Paranursallia{{Cite journal|author1=Louis Taverne |author2=Mohsen Layeb |author3=Yosra Layeb-Tounsi |author4=Jean Gaudant |year=2015 |title=Paranursallia spinosa n. gen., n. sp., a new Upper Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish from the Eurafrican Mesogea |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=215–227 |doi=10.5252/g2015n2a3 |s2cid=130794361 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4535080 }}

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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Taverne et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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A member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is Paranursallia spinosa; genus also contains "Nursallia" gutturosa Arambourg (1954).

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Pastorius{{Cite journal|author1=Giorgio Carnevale |author2=G. David Johnson |year=2015 |title=A Cretaceous Cusk-Eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) from Italy and the Mesozoic Diversification of Percomorph Fishes |journal=Copeia |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=771–791 |doi=10.1643/CI-15-236 |s2cid=86033746 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Carnevale & Johnson

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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)

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Liburnica Formation

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A member of Ophidiiformes. The type species is Pastorius methenyi.

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Permoceratodus{{Cite journal|author1=O. A. Lebedev |author2=A. G. Sennikov |author3=V. K. Golubev |author4=N. I. Krupina |author5=G. Niedźwiedzki |author6=T. Sulej |year=2015 |title=The first find of Permian ceratodontids (Dipnoi, Osteichthyes) in Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=10 |pages=1112–1124 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115110052 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49.1112L |s2cid=130047807 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Krupina in Lebedev et al.

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Late Permian (Vyatkian)

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A lungfish related to the Queensland lungfish. The type species is Permoceratodus gentilis.

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Pharisatichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Jean Gaudant |author2=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2015 |title=Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp. : un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=109–118 |doi=10.5252/g2015n1a5 |hdl=2318/1537820 |s2cid=130567365 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4534877 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gaudant & Carnevale

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Late Oligocene

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{{Flag|France}}

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A mojarra. The type species is Pharisatichthys aquensis.

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Pomatoschistus bunyatovi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

{{Flag|Italy}}

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

{{Flag|Serbia}}

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Originally described as a species of Pomatoschistus, but subsequently transferred to the gobionelline genus Hellenigobius.{{Cite journal|author1=Werner Schwarzhans |author2=Konstantina Agiadi |author3=Danae Thivaiou |year=2021 |title=Teleost otoliths from the Aquitanian (early Miocene) of the Felli section in Greece: the roots of the Mediterranean goby stock (Gobiidae, Gobiiformes) |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=127 |issue=3 |pages=485–495 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/16126 }}

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Ponticola zosimovichi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A goby, a species of Ponticola.

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Proterorhinus vasilievae

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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{{Flag|Serbia}}

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A tubenose goby.

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Pseudovinctifer{{Cite journal|author =Gloria Arratia |year=2015 |title=Los peces osteíctios fósiles de Chile y su importancia en los contextos paleobiogeográfico y evolutivo |journal=Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile |volume=63 |pages=35–83 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279852059 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Arratia

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Early Cretaceous

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A member of Aspidorhynchidae. The type species is Pseudovinctifer chilensis.

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Pshekharus{{Cite journal |author1=A. F. Bannikov |author2=A. N. Kotlyar |year=2015 |title=A New Genus and Species of Early Sarmatian Porgies (Perciformes, Sparidae) from the Krasnodar Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=627–635 |url=http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=627 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115060052 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49..627B |s2cid=87870128 |access-date=2015-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054633/http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=627 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bannikov & Kotlyar

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Miocene

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A member of Sparidae. The type species is Pshekharus yesinorum.

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Ptychoceratodus roemeri{{Cite journal|author =Piotr Skrzycki |year=2015 |title=New species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejów site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e964357 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.964357 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E4357S |s2cid=83615924 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Skrzycki

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Late Triassic (Carnian)

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{{Flag|Poland}}

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A lungfish, a species of Ptychoceratodus.

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Raynerius{{Cite journal|author1=Sam Giles |author-link1=Sam Giles|author2=Laurent Darras |author3=Gaël Clément |author4=Alain Blieck |author5=Matt Friedman |year=2015 |title=An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1816 |pages=20151485 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1485 |pmid=26423841 |pmc=4614771}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Giles et al.

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Devonian (Frasnian)

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Ferques Formation

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{{Flag|France}}

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An early ray-finned fish. The type species is Raynerius splendens.

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Sander svetovidovi{{Cite journal|author =O. M. Kovalchuk |year=2015 |title=A New Extinct Species Of Pikeperch Sander svetovidovi (Teleostei, Percidae) From The Late Miocene Of Southern Ukraine |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=317–324 |doi=10.1515/vzoo-2015-0034 |s2cid=88229627 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kovalchuk

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Late Miocene

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A member of Percidae, a species of Sander.

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Sardina tarletskovi{{Cite journal|author =E. M. Baykina |year=2015 |title=A new species of the genus Sardina (Pisces, Clupeidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=402–406 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115040024 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49..402B |s2cid=86539028 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Baykina

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Miocene (Konkian-Sarmatian boundary)

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A relative of the European pilchard.

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Saurichthys breviabdominalis{{Cite journal|author1=Erin E. Maxwell |author2=Carlo Romano |author3=Feixiang Wu |author4=Heinz Furrer |year=2015 |title=Two new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with implications for character evolution in the genus |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=173 |issue=4 |pages=887–912 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12224 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Maxwell et al.

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Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

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Besano Formation

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{{Flag|Switzerland}}

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A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.

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Saurichthys rieppeli

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Maxwell et al.

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Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

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Besano Formation

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{{Flag|Switzerland}}

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A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.

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Saurichthys yangjuanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Fei-Xiang Wu |author2=Yuan-Lin Sun |author3=Wei-Cheng Hao |author4=Da-Yong Jiang |author5=Zuo-Yu Sun |year=2015 |title=A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii; Saurichthyiformes) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China, with remarks on pattern of the axial skeleton of saurichthyid fishes |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=275 |issue=3 |pages=249–267 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2015/0462 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Wu et al.

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Guanling Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.

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Scutatoclupea{{Cite journal|author =Alexandre F. Bannikov |year=2015 |title=A new genus for the Cenomanian ellimmichthyiform fishes from Lebanon and Mexico |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=211–218 |doi=10.4435/BSPI.2015.12 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-20 }}

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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Bannikov

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

{{Flag|Mexico}}

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A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. The type species is Scutatoclupea bacchiai; genus also includes "Triplomystus" applegatei Alvarado-Ortega & Ovalles-Damián (2008).

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Serenichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Robert W. Gess |author2=Michael I. Coates |year=2015 |title=Fossil juvenile coelacanths from the Devonian of South Africa shed light on the order of character acquisition in actinistians |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=175 |issue=2 |pages=360–383 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12276 |s2cid=86054816 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gess & Coates

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Devonian (Famennian)

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A coelacanth. The type species is Serenichthys kowiensis.

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Silurus joergi{{Cite journal|author =Jean Gaudant |year=2015 |title=Re-examination of the upper Miocene freshwater fish fauna from Höwenegg (Hegau, Germany) |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=117–127 |doi=10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2 |bibcode=2015SwJP..134..117G |s2cid=84139965 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gaudant

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Late Miocene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A catfish belonging to the family Siluridae, a species of Silurus.

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Sinamia lanzhouensis{{Cite journal|author1=Cuo Peng |author2=Alison M. Murray |author3=Donald B. Brinkman |author4=Jiang-Yong Zhang |author5=Hai-Lu You |year=2015 |title=A new species of Sinamia (Amiiformes, Sinamiidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e902847 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.902847 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E2847P |s2cid=84245846 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Peng et al.

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|China}}

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A sinamiid amiiform (a relative of the bowfin), a species of Sinamia.

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Symphodus westneati{{cite journal |author1=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2015 |title=Middle Miocene wrasses (Teleostei, Labridae) from St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria) |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=304 |issue=1–6 |pages=121–159 |doi=10.1127/pala/304/2015/124 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Carnevale

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Miocene

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Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin

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{{Flag|Austria}}

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A wrasse, a species of Symphodus.

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Tchunglinius{{Cite journal|author1=Ning Wang |author2=Feixiang Wu |year=2015 |title=New Oligocene cyprinid in the central Tibetan Plateau documents the pre-uplift tropical lowlands |journal=Ichthyological Research |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=274–285 |doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0438-3 |bibcode=2015IchtR..62..274W |s2cid=207064466 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Wang & Wu

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Oligocene

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Nima Basin

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is Tchunglinius tchangii.

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Trewasciaena suzini

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bratishko et al.

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Miocene (early Serravallian)

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Trewasciaena.

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Tricerichthys

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Taverne & Capasso

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Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is T. wenzi.

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Trollichthys{{cite journal |author1=Giuseppe Marramà |author2=Giorgio Carnevale |year=2015 |title=Eocene round herring from Monte Bolca, Italy |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=701–710 |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app000572014.html }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Marramà & Carnevale

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Early Eocene (late Ypresian)

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A round herring. The type species is Trollichthys bolcensis.

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Ursichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Michael G. Newbrey |author2=Takuya Konishi |title=A new lizardfish (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada, with a revised diagnosis of Apateodus (Aulopiformes, Ichthyotringoidei) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=e918042 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.918042 |year=2015 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E8042N |s2cid=85926465 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Newbrey & Konishi

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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)

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Bearpaw Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A member of Aulopiformes. The type species is Ursichthys longiparietalis.

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Valencia arcasensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gaudant et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A species of Valencia.

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Wainwrightilabrus

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Carnevale

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Miocene

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Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin

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{{Flag|Austria}}

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A wrasse. The type species is Wainwrightilabrus agassizi (Münster 1846).

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Waldmanichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Emilia Sferco |author2=Adriana López-Arbarello |author3=Ana María Báez |year=2015 |title=Phylogenetic relationships of †Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas) and the recognition of a new clade of freshwater teleosts from the Jurassic of Gondwana |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=268 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0551-6 |pmid=26630925 |pmc=4668602 |bibcode=2015BMCEE..15..268S |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

|

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Sferco, López-Arbarello & Báez

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Early Cretaceous

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Koonwarra Beds

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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A teleost related to Luisiella feruglioi and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis; a new genus for "Leptolepis" koonwarri Waldman (1971).

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Wushaichthys{{Cite journal|author1=Guang-Hui Xu |author2=Li-Jun Zhao |author3=Chen-Chen Shen |year=2015 |title=A Middle Triassic thoracopterid from China highlights the evolutionary origin of overwater gliding in early ray-finned fishes |journal=Biology Letters |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=20140960 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0960 |pmid=25568155 |pmc=4321159}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Xu, Zhao & Shen

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Middle Triassic

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Falang Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Thoracopteridae. The type species is Wushaichthys exquisitus.

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Xylognathus

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Smithson, Richards & Clack

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Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

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Ballagan Formation

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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A lungfish. The type species is Xylognathus macrustenus.

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Other fishes

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Canyonlepis{{Cite journal|author1=Plamen S. Andreev |author2=Michael I. Coates |author3=Richard M. Shelton |author4=Paul R. Cooper |author5=M. Paul Smith |author6=Ivan J. Sansom |year=2015 |title=Upper Ordovician chondrichthyan-like scales from North America |journal=Palaeontology |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=691–704 |doi=10.1111/pala.12167 |s2cid=140675923 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Andreev et al.

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Ordovician (Sandbian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Canyonlepis smithae.

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Janusiscus{{Cite journal|author1=Sam Giles |author-link1=Sam Giles|author2=Matt Friedman |author3=Martin D. Brazeau |year=2015 |title=Osteichthyan-like cranial conditions in an Early Devonian stem gnathostome |journal=Nature |volume=520 |issue=7545 |pages=82–85 |doi=10.1038/nature14065 |pmid=25581798|pmc=5536226 |bibcode=2015Natur.520...82G}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Giles, Friedman & Brazeau

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Early Devonian (middle Lochkovian)

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Kureika Formation

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A gnathostome related to the last common ancestor of cartilaginous fishes and bony fishes. The type species is Janusiscus schultzei.

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Tezakia

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Andreev et al.

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Ordovician (Sandbian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A possible cartilaginous fish, a relative of Altholepis. The type species is Tezakia hardingensis.

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References

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