Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7663 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1921 (Online)


Chimaeriformes

First Record of Chimaeroid Fish (Holocephali: ’Edaphodontidae’) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Middle Volga Region

The record of a mandibular tooth plate of the chimaeroid fish Ischyodus sp. from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of the north of the Saratov Volga River Right Bank is described. The presumed age of the find is the Lower Aptian. This is the first recorded occurrence of chimaeroid remains in the Lower Cretaceous (pre-Albian) deposits of the Middle and Lower Volga regions, and the fourth record in deposits of this age in Eastern Europe.