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New information on two Late Cretaceous (Turonian) fishes from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada
Author(s) -
Alison M. Murray,
Stephen L. Cumbaa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vertebrate anatomy morphology palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2292-1389
DOI - 10.18435/b5wc7x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , geography , paleontology , archaeology , ecology , geology , biology
Fishes from Turonian deposits at Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada, have previously been described based on material from calcareous mudstone concretions collected in 1969. A more recent collecting trip to the locality in 2010 led to the discovery of fossil fishes in a shale layer. These fishes, preserved in a different manner from the earlier collections, provide new information and allow reinterpretations on two previously described fishes, Aquilopiscis wilsoni (Pachyrhizodontidae) and Avitosmerus canadensis (Euteleostei). Although the new material allows a better understanding of these two fishes, it does not change our ideas about their relationships. Avitosmerus canadensis remains in the Euteleostei with relationships uncertain, and Aquilopiscis wilsoni is confirmed as a member of the Pachyrhizodontidae.

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