Beaumontoperca Explained

Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of freshwater or estuarine temperate bass known from Late Oligocene. It contains a single species, B. beaumonti, from the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of Aix-en-Provence, France.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Initially described by Louis Agassiz as Perca beaumonti, it was moved into its own genus, Beaumontoperca, in 2000 following further studies. It is considered to likely be a member of the Moronidae due to the morphology of its saccular otolith.^[4]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-03-27 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Gaudant . Jean . 2000-08-01 . New observations on some Percoid fishes (Teleostei) from European Cenozoic fresh and brackish waters . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . en . 217 . 2 . 199–244 . 10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/199 . 0077-7749.
3. Gaudant . Jean . Nel . André . Nury . Denise . Véran . Monette . Carnevale . Giorgio . 2018-08-01 . The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants . Comptes Rendus Palevol . Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle . 17 . 7 . 460–478 . 10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002 . 1631-0683.
4. Gaudant . Jean . Carnevale . Giorgio . 2015 . Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp. : un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) . Geodiversitas . 37 . 1 . 109–118 . 10.5252/g2015n1a5 . 1280-9659.