Journal
ALCHERINGA
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 369-377Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2017.1288828
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Ichthyofauna; Quaternary; Doradidae; Pimelodidae; Loricariidae; Argentina
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The record of fossil fish from the Pleistocene of Argentina is poor. Here we describe the first ichthyofauna from Late Pleistocene riverbank beds in the Salado River of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The material consists of isolated pectoral and dorsal fin spines, together with skull fragments. Four species-level taxa referable to three families can be identified: Pterodoras granulosus (Doradidae), Pimelodus cf. maculatus and Pimelodus cf. albicans (Pimelodidae) and cf. Hypostomus sp. (Loricariidae). Specimens attributed to Pterodoras granulosus and Pimelodus maculatus represent a minimum age for origin of these taxa. The Salado River assemblage includes the richest record of Pleistocene catfishes yet documented from southern South America.
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