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A Review Of Neogene And Quaternary Pikes Of Southeastern Europe And A New Species From The Early Pleistocene Of Nogaisk, Ukraine, Terry C. Grande, Oleksandr M. Kovalchuk, Mark V. H. Wilson
A Review Of Neogene And Quaternary Pikes Of Southeastern Europe And A New Species From The Early Pleistocene Of Nogaisk, Ukraine, Terry C. Grande, Oleksandr M. Kovalchuk, Mark V. H. Wilson
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The fish genus Esox (Teleostei, Esocidae) has been recorded from thirty late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene localities where forty-one bone-bearing strata are exposed in the territory of Ukraine, Russian Federation, and Republic of Moldova. From eight localities the genus is reported or described for the first time. A detailed description and morphological analysis of the currently available osteological material demonstrates the presence of four species in the studied area: (i) Esox sibiricus (late Miocene–early Pliocene); (ii) Esox moldavicus (early Pliocene–early Pleistocene); (iii) Esox nogaicus sp. nov. (early Pleistocene, Calabrian); (iv) Esox lucius (early–middle Pleistocene). The Northern Pike (Esox lucius …