A fossil assemblage from the mid–late Maastrichtian of Gavdos Island, Greece, provides insights into the pre-extinction pelagic ichthyofaunas of the Tethys

• Thodoris Argyriou ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.argyriou@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

  Current address: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany; GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

  Affiliation UMR 7207 (MNHN–Sorbonne Université–CNRS) Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie—Paris, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2036-5088

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• Apostolos Alexopoulos,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Dynamic, Tectonic & Applied Geology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Palaeontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Lionel Cavin

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-5864

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