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Žalohar, Jure; Hitij, Tomaž
Annales de paléontologie (1982), 04/2012, Volume: 98, Issue: 2Journal Article
The first known fossil record of pygmy pipehorses is described. The fossils were collected in the Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) beds of the Coprolitic Horizon in the Tunjice Hills, Slovenia. They belong to a new genus and species Hippotropiscis frenki, which was similar to the extant representatives of Acentronura, Amphelikturus, Idiotropiscis, and Kyonemichthys genera. Hippotropiscis frenki lived among seagrasses and macroalgae and probably also on a mud and silt bottom in the temperate shallow coastal waters of the western part of the Central Paratethys Sea. The high coronet on the head, the ridge system and the high angle at which the head is angled ventrad indicate that Hippotropiscis is most related to Idiotropiscis and Hippocampus (seahorses) and probably separated from the main seahorse lineage later than Idiotropiscis. L’article décrit la première découverte connue de fossiles d’hippocampes « pygmy pipehorses ». Les fossiles ont été trouvés dans les plages du Miocène moyen (Sarmatien) de l’horizon coprolithique dans les collines de Tunjice, en Slovénie. Le fossile appartient au nouveau genre et à la nouvelle espèce Hippotropiscis frenki, semblable aux représentants existants des genres Acentronura, Amphelikturus, Idiotropiscis et Kyonemichthys. Hippotropiscis frenki vivait dans les herbiers marins, les macro-algues et probablement aussi dans la boue et le limon des eaux côtières peu profondes et tempérées de la partie occidentale de la Parathétys centrale. La haute couronne sur la tête, le système des crêtes et l’angle élevé sous lequel la tête est orientée vers le ventre indiquent que Hippotropiscis est étroitement apparenté àIdiotropiscis et Hippocampus et probablement séparé plus tard qu’Idiotropiscis de la lignée principale des hippocampes.
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