Socnopaea horai Sahni and Mishra 1975 (naked catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae

Full reference: A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48

Belongs to Socnopaea according to A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra 1975

Sister taxon: Socnopaea grandis

Type specimen: LUVP 11145. Its type locality is Harudi, which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Harudi Formation of India.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Harudi

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