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Neochallaia
Taxonomy
Neochallaia was named by Rusconi (1949). Its type is Rhadinichthys tellecheai.
It was assigned to Chondrostei by Patterson (1982); and to Chondrostei by López-Arbarello et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Chondrostei by Patterson (1982); and to Chondrostei by López-Arbarello et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1949 | Neochallaia Rusconi pp. 231-234 |
1982 | Neochallaia Patterson |
2010 | Neochallaia López-Arbarello et al. p. 252 |
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. López-Arbarello et al. 2010 | As for type and only species Neochallaia tellecheai; Small, fusiform actinopterygian with slender body; head length about 0.3 of SL (length from the tip of the snout to the base of the caudal fin at the hinge line); body depth about 0.3 of SL; skull roof bones ornamented with small tubercles; dorsal fin placed at the middle of the body; pelvic fin origin slightly anterior to dorsal fin origin;
caudal fin strongly heterocercal, the dorsal lobe being longer than the ventral lobe; fin rays evenly segmented except for a slightly longer basal segment, and branched only very distally; the lateral line extends enclosed in tubular scales in the body lobe of the tail and, at least for a short span onto the fin web; body completely covered with small and numerous ganoid scales, with smooth surface and finely pectinate posterior border; scales on the body lobe with long and sharp posterodorsally directed posteroventral process; a series of large lanceolate dorsal median scutes preceding the caudal fin, which are ornamented with delicate ridges emerging latero-posteriorly from a main median ridge. |
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ladinian - Carnian | Argentina (Mendoza) | N. tellecheai (117878) | |
Late/Upper Triassic | Argentina (Mendoza) | N. sp. (200130) |