The Ituzaingó Formation, in older literature also described as Entre Ríos or Entrerriana Formation, is an extensive geological formation of Late Miocene age in the Paraná Basin of the Corrientes, Sant
Megapiranha is an extinct serrasalmid characin fish from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, described in 2009. The type species is M. paranensis. It is thought to have been about 71 ce
Ituzaingó Formation
…P. paranaensis Phrynops P. cf. geoffroanus Testudo T. paranensis Fish Taxa Species Presence Abundance Description Images Notes Colossoma C. macropomum Megapiranha M. paranensis Potamotrygon P. motoro Squatina S. dumeril Phractocephalus P. ivy Cynodontidae Indetermidate. Invertebrates Taxa Species Presence Abundance…
Megapiranha Colossoma
Skeletal reconstruction of Megapiranha with a 10 cm scale bar.
FMIB 52288 Dentition of Piaractus nigripinnis a, b, c, the premaxilry from below, within, and without, respectively d and e, the