Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Bavaria (Kressenberg) and Austria (Kroisbach and Oiching-Graben)

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InhaltsangabeInhalt 1. Introduction 5 2. Geology and Locations 5 3. Systematic Part 9 3.1 Elopiformes 9 3.2 Anguilliformes 11 3.3 Siluriformes 20 3.4 Stomiiformes 20 3.5 Aulopiformes 24 3.6 Myctophiformes 27 3.7 Gadiformes 29 3.8 Ophidiiformes 37 3.9 Lophiiformes 34 3.10 Beryciformes 35 3.11 Zeiformes 44 3.12 Perciformes 45 4. Faunal reconstruction 53 4.1 Comparison of the Kressenberg and the Kroisbach faunal composition 54 4.2 Regional comparison and paleoecological interpretation 55 4.3 Paleobiogeographic interpretation of Paleocene otolith associations 57 4.4 Paleocene otolith biostratigraphy 67 5. Phylogenetic analyses and evolutionary interpretation 69 5.1 The Paleocene fish fauna: Linking the Late Cretaceous with the modern bloom 69 5.1.1 Evolutionary interpretation 69 5.1.2 Influence of the K-T boundary extinction event for teleost evolution (based on otolith analysis) 70 5.1.3 Influence of the PETM event for teleost evolution (based on otolith analysis) 74 5.2 The Beryciformes: The fate of the survivors from the Cretaceous (deferred extinction, evolutionary stasis leading to 'living fossils', adaption to niches) 74 5.3 The Anguilliformes and Aulopiformes early radiations 76 5.4 The rise of the Ophidiiformes (with an excursion to the Gadiformes) 79 5.5 The early radiation of the Perciformes/Percoidei 79 5.6 The Stomiiformes, Myctophiformes, Macrouridae: Early records of a bathyal fauna 81 6. Acknowledgments 83 7. References 84 8. Addendum 87

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