Arapaima Lundberg and Chernoff 1992 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Arapaimidae
Full reference: J. Lundberg and B. Chernoff. 1992. A Miocene Fossil of the Amazonian Fish Arapaima (Teleostei, Arapaimidae) from the Magdalena River Region of Colombia - Biogeographic and Evolutionary Implications. Biotropica 24(1):2-14
Parent taxon: Arapaimidae according to J. Lundberg 1997
See also Lundberg and Chernoff 1992
Sister taxon: Thrissopterus
Subtaxa: Arapaima gigas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Duke locality 46 - Arapaima fish (Miocene of Colombia)
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