Acrean fish diversity back in time: Paleoichthyology of the Rio Acre fossil fauna in Brazil

Freshwater fishes are an important component of the Neogene fossil record of South America. They have been recorded in the Acre fossil fauna, with considerable taxonomic and ecological diversity. Novel findings from the Patos locality in Acre State have produced several specimens representing eleven taxa, including the first occurrences in the fossil record of the genera Agamyxis, Glanidium, and…

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