Berycomorus Explained

Berycomorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the late Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, B. firdoussi, from the Pabdeh Formation of Iran.^{[1] [2]}

Its formation has been usually dated to the early Oligocene, though more recent studies have found it to date to the late Eocene. Some studies have found it to specifically be a berycid, although it is generally considered an indeterminate beryciform. It appears to have inhabited a deep-ocean habitat in the Tethys Ocean, based on the abundance of stomiiform fossils from the same formation.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-03-09 . paleobiodb.org.
2. عوفی . فریدون . دادگر . شهرام . ربانی ها . مهناز . 2016-05-01 . شناسایی و بررسی جغرافیای دیرینه فسیل ماهیان نواحی البرز، زاگرس و فلات مرکزی ایران . فصلنامه محیط زیست جانوری . fa . 8 . 1 . 121–128 . 2717-1388.
3. Bannikov . A. F. . Erebakan . I. G. . 2023-10-01 . On the Evolution of Some Groups of Marine Bony Fishes in the Cenozoic of the Tethys and Paratethys . Paleontological Journal . en . 57 . 5 . 475–490 . 10.1134/S0031030123050015 . 1555-6174.
4. Bahrami . Ali . 2014 . A new deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Eocene of Ilam, Zagros Basin, Iran . Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana . 53 . 1 . 27-37.