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@inproceedings{Filleul2004RedescriptionOS,
  title={Redescription of Santanichthys diasii (Otophysi, Characiformes) from the Albian of the Santana Formation and Comments on Its Implications for Otophysan Relationships},
  author={Arnaud Filleul and John G. Maisey},
  year={2004},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85575649}
}

It is suggested that Santanichthys diasii, at present the earliest otophysan fish known, displays at least one synapomorphy of modern characiforms (large and globular lagenar capsules that extend well lateral to the cranium) and it represents a significant temporal extension for charACiforms.

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