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ArticleScience advances2026

Rise of modern marine fishes captured in an early Paleocene Lagerstätte.

Sanaa El-Sayed, Matt Friedman, Belal S Salem, Abdullah S Gohar, Shorouq F Al-Ashqar, Mohamed Amin, Hossam El-Saka, Hadeel Saad, Robert P Speijer, Hesham M Sallam

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Sanaa El-SayedMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0092-6212
Matt FriedmanDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0114-7384
Belal S SalemMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9403-8792
Abdullah S GoharMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9835-4442
Shorouq F Al-AshqarMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0002-7442-6779
Mohamed AminMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0001-1043-2398
Hossam El-SakaMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6319-6096
Hadeel SaadDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7480-3485
Robert P SpeijerDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5873-7203
Hesham M SallamMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6584-6312

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Abstract

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction reshaped Earth's biodiversity, yet its impact on marine fishes remains debated due to gaps in the Paleocene record. Here, we report a paleotropical assemblage from the early Paleocene (Danian) of Egypt that provides a window into this transition. The Qreiya 3 Lagerstätte [62.2 million years ago (Ma)] reveals an offshore marine ecosystem with at least 21 actinopterygian taxa across nine orders, exceeding the diversity of all other Danian skeletal assemblages combined. Most fishes are percomorphs and include the oldest skeleton-based records for at least six ecologically divergent extant groups. These findings reinforce inferences of fish extinction linked to the K-Pg and the rapid establishment of compositionally modern communities, marked by the first occurrences of new lineages no later than ~4 million years (Myr) after the event. Comparisons across sites indicate that percomorphs appear more common at lower paleolatitudes in the Paleocene, expanding into higher paleolatitudes by the Eocene.

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FishesFossilsAnimalsBiodiversityBiological EvolutionEcosystemEgyptExtinction, BiologicalPhylogeny

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PMCPMC13232593

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