A new specimen of the fossil puffer fish Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi (Tetraodontidae) is described from lower Oligocene deposits Sheshory locality, Ukraine. The reveals a number characters, some which are diagnostic and others were recognized herein for first time, such as possession relatively narrow neurocranium in supraorbital region, smooth frontals, eight abdominal nine caudal vertebrae...

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is associated with major extinctions in the deep ocean, and significant paleogeographic ecological changes surface ocean terrestrial environments. However, impact of environmental change on shelf biota less well understood. Here, we present a new PETM record low paleolatitude shallow-marine carbonate platform from Meghalaya, NE India (eastern Tethys)....