†Silurus Linnaeus 1758 (catfish)
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Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Parent taxon: Siluridae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Ameiurus, Amiurus, Ichthyophis muelleri, Pimelodus, Pseudeutropius, Rhineastes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turkmenistan (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Moldova (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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