†Taubateia Malabarba and Lundberg 2007 (catfish)
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Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Loricariidae
Full reference: M. C. Malabarba and J. G. Lundberg. 2007. A fossil loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea) from the Taubaté Basin, eastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 5(3):263-270
Parent taxon: Loricariidae according to M. C. Malabarba and J. G. Lundberg 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthicus, Angistrinae, Delturinae, Hypoptopomatinae, Hypostomus, Hypotominae, Lithogeneinae, Loricariinae, Neoplecostominae
Subtaxa: Taubateia paraiba
Type: Taubateia paraiba
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tremembé shales (Oligocene of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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