A new Clupavidae (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) from the Cenomanian of Daoura (Morocco)

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• 15-11-1999

Cavin, L.. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 329: 689-695

Lusitanichthys africanus n. sp. from Daoura, an Upper Cenomanian locality situated about 100 km south of Erfoud (southeastern Morocco), is described. L. africanus is very similar to L. characiformis. Lusitanichthys shows modifications of the first vertebral elements indicating the presence of a primitive Weberian apparatus. Clupavus maroccanus and Lusitanichthys belong to the clupavids. Anatomical characters of L. africanus from the Weberian apparatus and the caudal skeleton allow us to include it in Otophysi without sure indications of ordinal affinities.

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