Challaia

Challaia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Triassic period in what is now Argentina (Mendoza). Two species are known, C. magna (type species), most likely from the Cerro de Las Cabras Formation, and C. elongata from the Los Rastros Formation.[1] Three other species, C. multidentata, C. striata and C.? cacheutensis, are considered nomina dubia.[1][3]

Challaia
Temporal range:
Fossil of Challaia elongata[3]
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Challaia

Rusconi, 1946
Type species
Challaia magna
Rusconi, 1949
Other species
  • Challaia elongata (Cabrera, 1944)

See also

References

  1. López-Arbarello, Adriana; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Cerdeño, Esperanza (2010). "The Triassic fish faunas of the Cuyana Basin, Western Argentina". Palaeontology. 53 (2): 249–276. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..249L. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00931.x. S2CID 129540287.
  2. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  3. López-Arbarello, Adriana; Rogers, Raymond; Puerta, Pablo (2006). "Freshwater actinopterygians of the Los Rastros Formation (Triassic), Bermejo Basin, Argentina". Fossil Record. 9 (2): 238–258. Bibcode:2006FossR...9..238L. doi:10.1002/mmng.200600011.


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