New occurrences of Amiidae (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes: Vidalamiinae) from the Bauru Group (Late Cretaceous, Brazil) and comments about their incursion in freshwater environments in the Cretaceous of the Americas
Abstract:The Late Cretaceous continental deposits of the Bauru Group of Brazil have a rich vertebrate fossil fauna, but studies on the fossil fishes from the unit are scarce. This paper describes new occurrences of the Vidalamiinae subfamily of the bony fish group Amiidae (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes). The new occurrences are comprised by three isolated vertebral centra and three isolated teeth from the Marília and Adamantina formations, which were collected in Uberaba and Prata municipalities. The fossils described here … Show more
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