Quenselia cornuta Schwarzhans, 1999

Schwarzhans, Werner, 2023, Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for the Early, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (4) 142 (1), pp. 1-85 : 41-42

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00268-4
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scientific name	Quenselia cornuta Schwarzhans, 1999
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Figure 21a–d View Fig

1999 Quenselia cornuta —Schwarzhans: Fig. 751–758.

Material 35 specimens, Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean, photographed holotype ( Fig. 21b View Fig ) SMF P 9325 About SMF and paratypes SMF P 9326 About SMF .

Discussion Quenselia cornuta is readily recognized by its horn-like predorsal lobe positioned near the anterior end of the otoliths and the fact that the cauda is longer than the ostium. Both are unusual characteristics and the proportions of the sulcus could in fact indicate that Q. cornuta could belong to an extinct lineage/genus. Quenselia cornuta has only been recorded from the Pliocene of Atlantic Morocco.