Record of the slender mola, genus Ranzania (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes), in the Miocene of the Chelif Basin, Algeria
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Abstract
A fossil slender mola (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) is described from the Miocene (Messinian) of the Chelif Basin, Algeria. The material consists of a single individual largely incomplete, solely represented by part of the anal-fin pterygiophores complement. The specimen is referred to the genus Ranzania because of the elongate slender morphology and thick and well-ossified consistence of the bones, which are also characterized by a dense and moderately spongy texture. However, it has been left unnamed, awaiting more complete and better-preserved material. This is the first occurrence of the genus Ranzania, and more generally of the family Molidae, in the Messinian of the Mediterranean. It provides new data about the structure and diversity of Miocene pelagic fish communities of the Chelif Basin. Un fossile de Ranzania (Tétraodontiformes, Molidae), provenant des sédiments du Miocène (Messinien) du bassin de Chélif (Algérie), est décrit. Le seul spécimen connu est en grande partie incomplet et caractérisé par une portion des ptérygiophores de la nageoire anale. Ce fossile appartient au genre Ranzania, en raison de la morphologie générale très élancée et de l’ossification avancée du squelette. Les os sont également caractérisés par une texture dense et modérément spongieuse. Une détermination au niveau de l’espèce n’est pas possible, car le matériel connu n’est pas suffisamment complet. Ce spécimen atteste la première apparition du genre Ranzania, et plus généralement de la famille des Molidae, dans le Messinien de la Méditerranée. Cette découverte fournit de nouvelles données au sujet de la structure et de la diversité des communautés pélagiques miocènes de poissons du bassin de Chélif.
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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