Holocentrites is an extinct genus of prehistoric soldierfish known from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of the southeastern United States.[1] It is the oldest known soldierfish in the fossil record, and inhabited the Atlantic Ocean off the southern United States, in contrast to modern soldierfish which are restricted to the Indo-Pacific.[2][3][4]
| Holocentrites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Holocentridae |
| Subfamily: | Myripristinae |
| Genus: | †Holocentrites Conrad, 1941 |
| Species: | †H. ovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Holocentrites ovalis Conrad, 1941 | |
It contains a single known species, H. ovalis, known from the Late Eocene-aged Ocala Limestone of Florida,[1] the Early Oligocene-aged Marianna Limestone of Florida & Alabama, and the Early Oligocene-aged Glendon Limestone of Mississippi.[5][6] The type specimen was an articulated partial skeleton found in the Ocala Limestone of what is now Florida Caverns State Park.[1]
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References
edit- 1 2 3 Florida; Florida Geological Survey; Florida State Geological Survey (1935–1971). "Geological bulletin". Bulletin: 43 v. ISSN 0085-0608.
- ↑ Andrews, James V.; Schein, Jason P.; Friedman, Matt (2023-01-01). "An earliest Paleocene squirrelfish (Teleostei: Beryciformes: Holocentroidea) and its bearing on the timescale of holocentroid evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1) 2168571. Bibcode:2023JSPal..2168571A. doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2168571. ISSN 1477-2019.
- ↑ Dornburg, Alex; Moore, Jon; Beaulieu, Jeremy M.; Eytan, Ron I.; Near, Thomas J. (2015). "The impact of shifts in marine biodiversity hotspots on patterns of range evolution: Evidence from the Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes): SHIFTING BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS AND RANGE EVOLUTION". Evolution. 69 (1): 146–161. doi:10.1111/evo.12562. PMID 25407924.
- ↑ Marramà, G.; Giusberti, L.; Papazzoni, C. A.; Carnevale, G. (2021). "An Eocene soldierfish (Teleostei: Holocentridae) from Monte Baldo (NE italy)". Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana. 60 (2). doi:10.4435/BSPI.2021.12 (inactive 30 May 2026).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2026 (link) - ↑ Cicimurri, David J.; Stringer, Gary L.; Ebersole, Jun A. (2025-08-18). "Additional records of Paleogene fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) from Alabama, USA". Acta Geologica Polonica (in Polish): 60. doi:10.24425/agp.2025.155954. ISSN 0001-5709.
- ↑ Dunkle, David Hosbrook; Olsen, Stanley John (1959). Description of a Beryciform fish from the Oligocene of Florida. Special publication / Florida Geological Survey ;no. 2:3. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida Geological Survey.
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