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Beaumontoperca

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Beaumontoperca
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Beaumontoperca
Gaudant, 2000
Species:
B. beaumonti
Binomial name
Beaumontoperca beaumonti
(Agassiz, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Perca beaumonti Agassiz, 1836

Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of freshwater or estuarine temperate bass known from Late Oligocene. It contains a single species, B. beaumonti, from the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of Aix-en-Provence, France.[1][2][3]

Initially described by Louis Agassiz as Perca beaumonti, it was moved into its own genus, Beaumontoperca, in 2000 following further studies. It is considered to likely be a member of the Moronidae due to the morphology of its saccular otolith.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. ^ Gaudant, Jean (2000-08-01). "New observations on some Percoid fishes (Teleostei) from European Cenozoic fresh and brackish waters". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 217 (2): 199–244. doi:10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/199. ISSN 0077-7749.
  3. ^ a b Gaudant, Jean; Nel, André; Nury, Denise; Véran, Monette; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-08-01). "The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants". Comptes Rendus Palevol. Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle. 17 (7): 460–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002. ISSN 1631-0683.
  4. ^ Gaudant, Jean; Carnevale, Giorgio (2015). "Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp. : un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France)". Geodiversitas. 37 (1): 109–118. doi:10.5252/g2015n1a5. ISSN 1280-9659.