Kovalchuk O. Late Miocene carp fishes (Cyprinidae) of Southern Ukraine

Українська версія

Thesis for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (CSc)

State registration number

0415U002159

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Specialization

  • 03.00.08 - Зоологія

12-05-2015

Specialized Academic Board

Д 26.153.01

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Essay

Historical and faunal analysis of the Late Miocene freshwater fish fauna of Southern Ukraine is in the thesis. The investigated localities are associated with river and avandelt deposits, and formed by the alluvial taphogenesis. The presence of 44 species, 24 genera, 8 families and 4 orders of bony fishes, including 26 species of 16 genera, belonging to the family Cyprinidae, is identified. Scardinius haueri, as well as Luciobarbus and Palaeocarassius genera, were firstly pointed for the investigated region. Two new extinct carp fish species (Rutilus robustus, Scardinius ponticus) were described.

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