DISCOVERY OF A CHAMPSODONTID (PISCES, TELEOSTEI, PERCIFORMES) IN THE EOCENE OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Abstract

Eochampsodon elongatus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian, Kuma Regional Stage) of the northern Caucasus (Gornyi Luch locality). This is the second genus of the previously monotypic family Champsodontidae. Earlier, extinct champsodontids were only known from the Oligocene.