ABSTRACT

The first fossil otolith association from the middle Paleocene (Selandian) of Scania, southern Sweden is described. Forty-seven otoliths were retrieved from shallow wells representing 14 teleost taxa. Many specimens are small and/or eroded and, therefore, not identifiable to species level. Nevertheless, our findings indicate the potential for further fossil otolith discoveries in the region. The Scanian otolith-based fauna greatly resembles the better-known coeval association from Copenhagen, Denmark, but is relatively rich and diverse in perciform otoliths. The fauna records the first occurrence of Serranus? caribbaeus from the European Paleocene, and of Archaemacruroides ornatus from the Selandian of the North Sea Basin.

摘要

描述了来自瑞典南部斯堪尼亚的中古新世（Selandian）的第一个化石耳石组合。从代表 14 个硬骨鱼类群的浅井中回收了 47 个耳石。许多标本很小和/或被侵蚀，因此无法在物种水平上进行识别。尽管如此，我们的研究结果表明该地区有可能进一步发现化石耳石。斯堪尼亚耳石动物群与丹麦哥本哈根著名的同期动物群非常相似，但鲈形耳石相对丰富多样。动物群记录了塞拉努斯的第一次出现？来自欧洲古新世的caribbaeus和来自北海盆地 Selandian 的Archaemacruroides ornatus。