New fossil Silurus

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New fossil Silurus

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Gaudant, J, 2015. Re-examination of the upper Miocene freshwater fish fauna from Höwenegg (Hegau, Germany). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology doi: 10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2

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The fish fauna from the volcano-detritic sediments of Höwenegg has been known for more than half a century, when Tobien reported that cyprinid fishes are present at the site. Four years later, Jörg identified three genera: Leuciscus, Tinca and a catfish that he expected to describe. However, Jörg died in 1977 without having written the paper, although he had figured the catfish, which is the oldest one preserved as an articulated skeleton in the European Miocene, and a cyprinid: Leuciscus sp. The purpose of the present paper is to provide a better knowledge of these fishes and of their relationships; a new species, Silurus joergi, is created for the silurid.
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Ooo, is this one available HH?
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