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Afrocascudo is a
controversial genus of
extinct neopterygian fish,
either an
ancient loricariid catfish or a
juvenile obaichthyid lepisosteiform of the...
- record,
Afrocascudo,
lived during the
Cenomanian age of the Late
Cretaceous in
Morocco of
North Africa (Kem Kem Group). The
describers of
Afrocascudo claimed...
- Late Oligocene-Early
Miocene in Brazil. The ****tive
Cenomanian member Afrocascudo,
initially described as the
earliest loricariid catfish in 2024, might...
- to
Obaichthys than to the
genera Lepisosteus,
Pliodetes or Lepidotes.
Afrocascudo,
initially described as the
earliest known armored catfish,
might represent...
- Grande, 2010 †O.
decoratus Wenz & Brito, 1992 (type species)
Synonyms †Stromerichthys Weiler, 1935 (in part) †
Afrocascudo?
Brito et al., 2024 (Disputed)...
- Name
Novelty Status Authors Age Type
locality Location Notes Images Afrocascudo Gen. et sp. nov
Disputed Brito et al. Late
Cretaceous Kem Kem
Group (Douira...
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species of Lepidotes, but
subsequently transferred to a
separate genus.
Afrocascudo A.
saharaensis A
neopterygiian fish,
either an
ancient loricariid catfish...
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revelatus is the
oldest known definitive fossil loricarioid. The
Moroccan Afrocascudo,
deriving from the Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian, ~100–95 Ma) Kem Kem Group...
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occurred during the Late Cretaceous. The ****tive
Cenomanian member Afrocascudo,
discovered from the
Cenomanian age of the Late
Cretaceous in
North Africa...
