Family Pimelodidae Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1918 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Deschamps 2005 and Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Arioidea, Auchenipteridae, Austroglanididae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Clarioidea, Claroteidae, Cranoglanididae, Doradoidea, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Ictaluridae, Malapteruridae, Mochokidae, Pangasiidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea

Subtaxa: Brachyplatystoma Phractocephalus Pimelodella

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Venezuela (1)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (8), Colombia (6), Peru (2), Venezuela (8)

• Oligocene of Peru (3)

Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences

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