Paleogene emergence and evolutionary history of the Amazonian fossorial fish genus Tarumania (Teleostei: Tarumaniidae)

• Published in: Frontiers in ecology and evolution Vol. 10
• Main Authors: Melo, Bruno F., de Pinna, Mário C. C., Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia H., Zuanon, Jansen, Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C., Roxo, Fabio F., Oliveira, Claudio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 16.08.2022
• Subjects: Characiformes; Erythrinidae; Erythrinoidea; fossil calibration; Neotropics; phylogenomics

Tarumania walkerae is a rare fossorial freshwater fish species from the lower Rio Negro, Central Amazonia, composing the monotypic and recently described family Tarumaniidae. The family has been proposed as the sister group of Erythrinidae by both morphological and molecular studies despite distinct...