Brachyplatystoma promagdalena Lundberg 2005 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Full reference: J. G. Lundberg. 2005. Brachyplatystoma promagdalena, new species, a fossil goliath catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. Neotropical Ichthyology 3(4):597-605

Belongs to Brachyplatystoma according to J. G. Lundberg 2005

Sister taxon: Brachyplatystoma vaillanti

Type specimen: IGM 183062, a set of postcrania (Weber complex). Its type locality is Malacobagrus Duke 6, which is in a Laventan lacustrine claystone/mudstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Malacobagrus Duke 6

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