Phractocephalus nassi Lundberg and Aguilera 2003 (cajaro)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Full reference: J. G. Lundberg and O. A. Aguilera. 2003. The late Miocene Phractocephalus catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Urumaco, Venezuela: additional specimens and reinterpretation as a distinct species. Neotropical Ichthyology 1(2):97-109

Belongs to Phractocephalus according to J. G. Lundberg and O. A. Aguilera 2003

Sister taxa: Phractocephalus acreornatus, Phractocephalus hemiliopterus

Type specimen: MCN-USB OL-2142 (holotype), a skull. Its type locality is El Mamon 1, which is in a Miocene fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Venezuela (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.