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Britosteus, a new gar from the Cretaceous of Brazil

Started by Halichoeres, June 01, 2025, 07:02:03 PM

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June 01, 2025, 07:02:03 PM
Based on some jaws and scales, here's a new genus of gar from the Cretaceous of Brazil:


Their phylogenetic analysis finds its closest relative to be Nhanulepisosteus, from the Jurassic of Mexico.

Paper is paywalled, I have only snippets: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981124005479
Thankfully, the Species New to Science blog has a write-up: https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2025/05/britosteus.html
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