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Bachmannia chubutensis

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bachmanniidae

Taxonomy
Bachmannia chubutensis was named by Dolgopol (1941). Its type specimen is MLP 40-V-17–1 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco, which is in an Eocene crater lake mudstone/sandstone in the Laguna del Hunco Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Bachmannia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Arius argentinus Dolgopol
1941Bachmannia chubutensis Dolgopol

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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
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
familyBachmanniidae
genusBachmanniaDolgopol 1941
specieschubutensisDolgopol 1941

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.

†Bachmannia chubutensis Dolgopol 1941
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Invalid names: Arius argentinus Dolgopol 1941 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Bachmannia chubutensis (type locality: 140477)