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First Triassic and oldest record of a South American amiiform fish: Caturus sp. from the Los Menucos Group (lower Upper Triassic), Río Negro province, Argentina
Abstract
Some cranial fragments from the jaw region and the opercular series of the amiiform fish taxon Caturus sp. (Actinopterygii, Halecomorphi) are described from the continental Upper Trias of Los Menucos (Rio Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina). This find represents the first Triassic amiiform record and the first undoubted fossil caturid record from South America.
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About: Sergio BOGAN
Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología. CEBBAD - Universidad Maimónides. Hidalgo 775 piso 7 (1405BDB). Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: sergiobogan@yahoo.com.ar
About: Louis TAVERNE
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Direction opérationnelle Terre et Histoire de la Vie, rue Vautier, 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: louis.taverne@gmail.com
About: Federico AGNOLIN
Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología. CEBBAD - Universidad Maimónides. Hidalgo 775 piso 7 (1405BDB). Buenos Aires, Argentina.