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      Jurassic fishes of Gondwana Translated title: Peces jurásicos de Gondwana

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          The Jurassic is an important period for understanding the origin of modern fish faunas, since it saw the first radiation - and in some cases the origin - of most modern groups. In chondrichthyans, neoselachian sharks and rays diversified during this time. In actinopterygians, the neopterygians, and among them the teleosts, experienced an important radiation, which led to the appearance of several of the modern teleosts groups. In the sarcopterygians, dipnoans and actinistians approached their current forms. However, the Jurassic fossil record of fishes is strongly biased towards the Northern Hemisphere. The only notable Early Jurassic fish fauna from Gondwana is that of the Kota Formation of India. For the Middle Jurassic, the most important Gondwanan fish faunas are those of the Aalenian-Bathonian Stanleyville Beds of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in which a distinct freshwater and a marine fauna are found. In the Late Jurassic, the Gondwanan record is slightly better, with important marine faunas being known from the Oxfordian Quebrada del Profeta in Chile and the Tithonian Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. Freshwater faunas have been described from the Tithonian Talbragar Beds of eastern Australia and the Tithonian Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina. The taxonomic composition of the known marine actinopterygian faunas of Gondwana is in general agreement with faunas of the Northern Hemisphere. However, the Jurassic fish record from Gondwana is highly incomplete both stratigraphically and geographically, and most faunas are in need of revision, further hampering an interpretation of Jurassic fish evolution in the Southern Hemisphere.

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          El Período Jurásico es muy importante para entender el origen de las ictiofaunas modernas, dado que evidenció la primera radiación - y en algunos casos el origen - de la mayoría de los grupos modernos. Así, los condrictios neoselacios se diversificaron durante este periodo. Los actinopterigios neopterigios, y entre ellos los teleósteos, experimentaron una importante radiación que llevó a la aparición de varios de los grupos de teleósteos modernos. Entre los sarcopterigios, dipnoos y celacantos se aproximaron a sus formas actuales. No obstante, el registro fósil está fuertemente sesgado hacia el Hemisferio Norte. La única ictiofauna destacable del Jurásico Temprano de Gondwana proviene de la Formación Kota , India. Para el Jurásico Medio, las ictiofaunas gondwánicas más importantes provienen de las Stanleyille Beds (Aalenianao- Bayociano), República Democrática de Congo, donde se distinguen una ictiofauna dulceacuícola y otra marina. En el Jurásico Tardío el registro de peces gondwánicos es mejor, con importantes faunas marinas en la Quebrada del Profeta (Oxfordiano), Chile, y la Formación Vaca Muerta (Titoniano), Argentina. Ictiofaunas dulceacuícolas han sido descriptas de las Talbragar Beds (Titoniano), Australia, y la Formación Cañadón Calcáreo (Titoniano), Argentina. La composición taxonómica de las faunas de actinopterigios marinos de Gondwana se asemeja a la de faunas contemporáneas del Hemisferio Norte. No obstante, el registro de peces jurásicos de Gondwana es muy incompleto tanto estratigráfica como geográficamente y la mayoría de estas ictiofaunas necesitan una revisión profunda, lo cual dificulta aún más la interpretación de la evolución de los peces jurásicos en el Hemisferio Sur.

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                Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina
                Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent.
                Asociación Geológica Argentina (Buenos Aires, , Argentina )
                0004-4822
                1851-8249
                December 2008
                : 63
                : 4
                : 557-585
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                [01] München orgnameBayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie Germany
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                S0004-48222008000400010 S0004-4822(08)06300400010
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                : 08 August 2008
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                Osteichthyes,Registro fósil,Jurassic,Gondwana,Chondrichthyes,Fossil record,Jurásico

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