Bachmannia chubutensis Dolgopol 1941 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bachmanniidae

Synonym: Arius argentinus Dolgopol 1941

Belongs to Bachmannia according to Dolgopol 1941

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Bachmannia chubutensis: MLP 40-V-17–1. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco, which is in an Eocene crater lake mudstone/sandstone in the Laguna del Hunco Formation of Argentina.
  • Arius argentinus:

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco

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