Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan
Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan
Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan
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164 Yoshitaka Yabumoto<br />
PREM<br />
DEN<br />
10mm<br />
CRA<br />
Fig. 42. Aokiichthys otai gen. et sp. nov., head region of the holotype, KMNH VP 100,173.<br />
and second excavations of the <strong>Cretaceous</strong> fish fossils <strong>in</strong> Kitakyushu City.<br />
Locality. Tokuriki (TO-1), Kokura-m<strong>in</strong>ami-ku (Kokura Southern Ward), Kitakyu<br />
shu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, <strong>Japan</strong>.<br />
Horizon. The First Formation (the lower formation, W,, correlated to the Sengoku<br />
Formation) ofthe Wak<strong>in</strong>o Subgroup <strong>in</strong> the Kwanmon Group, the Lower <strong>Cretaceous</strong>.<br />
Description of the holotype.<br />
The body is deep. The body depth is conta<strong>in</strong>ed 2.3 times <strong>in</strong> the standard<br />
length. The head length is conta<strong>in</strong>ed 3.6 times <strong>in</strong> the standard length. The snout<br />
is rounded. The outl<strong>in</strong>e of the head dorsal marg<strong>in</strong> is slightly convex. The outl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
from the occipital region to the dorsal orig<strong>in</strong> is slightly convex (Fig. 40). The<br />
restored outl<strong>in</strong>e of the abdomen is convex, and runs little under the lower end of each<br />
rib (Fig. 41). The median f<strong>in</strong>s are relatively posterior <strong>in</strong> position. The dorsal