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Taubateia paraiba

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Loricariidae

Taxonomy
Taubateia paraiba was named by Malabarba and Lundberg (2007). Its type specimen is DGM 17-P, a partial skeleton (Skull and anteriormost vertebrae), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Tremembé shales, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine shale in the Tremembé Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Taubateia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Taubateia paraiba Malabarba and Lundberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderLoricaroidei
familyLoricariidaeGill 1872
genusTaubateia
speciesparaiba

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Taubateia paraiba Malabarba and Lundberg 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Brazil (Sao Paulo) Taubateia paraiba (type locality: 137885)