Heteroconger astroblematicus
| Heteroconger astroblematicus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Heteroconger |
| Species: | H. astroblematicus
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| Heteroconger astroblematicus Schwarzhans & Bratishko, 2011
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Heteroconger astroblematicus is an extinct species of Heteroconger that lived during the Selandian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.
Description
[edit]Heteroconger astroblematicus was described in 2011 based on fossils of otoliths with moderately pointed, median anterior and posterior tips and a variable extended postdorsal region that sometimes contained a postdorsal angle, with the rims otherwise being smooth and having no angles. The sulcus on the convex inner face is inclined at angle of 10° to 15° and is somewhat deepened, in particular the ostium. Its cauda are short and slightly bent, containing a rounded tip.
Distribution
[edit]Heteroconger astroblematicus fossils are known from Ukraine. Specifically, its otolith fossils were discovered at Luzanivka, a fossil site in the Cherkasy district of central Ukraine.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Bratishko, Andriy (1 July 2011). "The otoliths from the middle Paleocene of Luzanivka (Cherkasy district, Ukraine)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 261 (1): 83–110. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0154. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 16 March 2025 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
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