Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J / K boundary
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Allain, Ronan
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Vullo, Romain
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Rozada, Lee
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Anquetin, Jérémy
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Bourgeais, Renaud
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Goedert, Jean
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Lasseron, Maxime
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Martin, Jeremy E.
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Pérez-García, Adán
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Fabrègues, Claire Peyre De
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Royo-Torres, Rafael
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Augier, Dominique
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Bailly, Gilles
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Geodiversitas
2022
2022-07-21
44
25
683
752
journal article
107849
10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a25
d0184974-bea3-4f97-a2f8-98887ec4f87e
1638-9395
6902033
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA12DCB7-A5BE-4763-B805-25087EBD726D
Amiiformes
indet.
(
Figs 7
E-H; 8A-D)
DESCRIPTION
Amiiform fish are represented in the assemblage by isolated teeth, jaw remains (
Fig. 7
E-H) and vertebrae. Most of the labiolingually compressed teeth show a typical triangular crown apex and bear two well-developed carinae (
Fig. 8
A-C). Such teeth were previously referred to
Caturus
sp.
(
Sweetman
et al.
2014
;
Vullo
et al.
2014
;
Pouech
et al.
2015
), although this dental morphology is also present in more derived members of
Amiiformes
(i.e.,
Amiidae
). Some tooth associations are interpreted as vomerine dentitions (
Fig. 8D
). These elements bear teeth of various sizes, subconical and devoid of carinae, as those found in many
Amiiformes (
Grande & Bemis 1998
)
. It is worth noting that this tooth morphology corresponds to that usually assigned to the aspidorhynchid
Belonostomus
(e.g.,
Sweetman
et al.
2014
;
Pouech
et al.
2015
). However, the rounded morphology of the vomerine tooth plates from Angeac-Charente and the fact that they are paired elements preclude assignment to
Belonostomus
(in which the vomer is unpaired); therefore, all isolated small teeth with a conical crown devoid of carinae are here referred to
Amiiformes
indet.