†family Bachmanniidae Azpelicueta and Cione 2011 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bachmanniidae

Full reference: M. M. Azpelicueta and A. L. Cione. 2011. Redescription of the Eocene Catfish Bachmannia chubutensis (Teleostei : Bachmanniidae) of Southern South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):258-269

Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to M. M. Azpelicueta and A. L. Cione 2011

See also Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Doradidae, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Loricaroidei, Selenaspis, Siluroidei

Subtaxa: Bachmannia

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Type: Bachmannia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco (Eocene of Argentina)

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