A new genus of the family Amblypteridae (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Permian of Eastern Europe

Abstract

A new genus and species of the family Amblypteridae, Tchekardichthys sharovi, from the Lower Permian of Eastern Europe (Perm Region of Russia) is described. It can be distinguished from all the known members of the family in the position of the fins and number of fin rays, characters of scalation and cranial roofing bones ornamentation, etc. The newly described taxon apparently lived in estuarine or brackish-water habitats.