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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 4: 13 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.4.5
Page range: 392-400
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FIRST FOSSIL RECORD OF ASPREDINIDAE: A NEW SPECIES FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA

Division Ictiología; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Av. Ángel Gallardo 470; C1405DJR; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 (1405). Buenos Aires; Argentina.; Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”; Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología; Universidad Maimónides; Hidalgo 775; C1405BDB; Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Pisces Ituzaingó Formation Paraná City Neogene Siluriformes Bunocephalus

Abstract

This study aims to describe a new fossil species of the extant aspredinid genus Bunocephalus. The new species is represented by a nearly complete skull and pectoral girdle coming from late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation beds of Paraná City, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. The specimen constitutes the first fossil record for the genus and the family Aspredinidae. This finding demonstrates that large temporal and geographical gaps are still present in the fossil record of the South American continent, evidencing the lack of knowledge of the geographical and temporal distribution of many freshwater fish clades.

 

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