Corydoras revelatus
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| Family: | Callichthyidae
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| Species: | C. revelatus
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| Corydoras revelatus Cockerell, 1925
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Corydoras revelatus is an extinct species of Corydoras.[1] It is known from a specimen from the Palaeocene of what is now Salta, Argentina. It is also the oldest known loricaroid fossil.[2]
References
- ↑ Cockerell, T. D. A (30 October 1925). "A Fossil Fish of the Family Callichthyidae". Science.
- ↑ "Discovery of African roots for the Mesoamerican Chiapas catfish, Lacantunia enigmatica, requires an ancient intercontinental passage" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2025-04-12.