A new genus and species of Heroini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the early Eocene of southern South America
Author
Perez, Patricia Alano
Author
Malabarba, Maria Claudia
Author
Papa, Cecilia del
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Neotropical Ichthyology
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252010000300008&lng=en&tlng=en
journal article
10.1590/S1679-62252010000300008
1982-0224
5421752
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Plesioheros chauliodus
,
new species
Figs. 2-6
Holotype
.
CNS-V10026, an articulated individual preserved as an impression in lateral view, with the posteroventral region of the body missing (
Fig. 2
).
Locality.
Alemanía
, northwestern
Argentina
, level Faja Verde II, Lumbrera Formation, Lower Eoceno (~ 48 Ma).
Diagnosis.
As for the genus.
Etymology.
From the Greek word
chauliodous
(χαυλιοδουσ), meaning having large teeth, referring to the enlarged dentary teeth of the specimen. Treated as noun in apposition.