Biology:Taubateia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Taubateia paraiba
Temporal range: Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~28.4–21.0 Ma
Scientific classification
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Siluriformes
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Taubateia

Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007
Species:
T. paraiba
Binomial name
Taubateia paraiba
Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007

Taubateia paraiba was a species of catfish from the family Loricariidae. It was found in the Tremembé Formation sediments of the Taubaté Basin in eastern São Paulo State, Brazil . The genus name Taubateia comes from the name Taubate, in reference to the basin where the fossil comes from. The species name paraiba comes from the name of the river Paraíba do Sul.

It is unclear to which subfamily T. paraiba belongs. The ventral skull length is 54.5 millimetres (2.15 in).[1]

References

Further reading

  • Malabarba, Maria Claudia; Lundberg, John G. (2007). "A fossil loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea) from the Taubaté Basin, eastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 5 (3): 263–270. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252007000300005. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7688642 entry