A hagfish (Craniata, Hyperotreti) from the Late Carboniferous Konservat-Lagerstatte of Montceau-les-Mines (Allier, France).

Authors
Poplin, C Sotty, D Janvier, P
Citation
C. Poplin et al., A hagfish (Craniata, Hyperotreti) from the Late Carboniferous Konservat-Lagerstatte of Montceau-les-Mines (Allier, France)., CR AC S IIA, 332(5), 2001, pp. 345-350
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
332
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
345 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(20010315)332:5<345:AH(HFT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A hagfish (Craniata, Hyperotreti) from the Late Carboniferous Konservat-Lag erstltte of Montceau-les-Mines (Allier, France). Several fossils from the L ate Carboniferous of Montceau-les-Mines, France, are referred to a new taxo n of fossil hagfish. Two specimens display impressions of two pairs of toot h rows that are strikingly similar in shape and organization to the horny t eeth of modern hagfish. In addition, by its slender body shape, this new ta xon is more suggestive of modern hagfish than the only previously known fos sil form from the Carboniferous of the USA. Living hagfish being exclusivel y marine, this discovery raises the question of the reputedly freshwater en vironment of the Montceau-les-Mines Konservat-Lagerstatte'. (C) 2001 Academ ie des sciences / Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.