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Brachyplatystoma promagdalena

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Taxonomy
Brachyplatystoma promagdalena was named by Lundberg (2005). Its type specimen is IGM 183062, a set of postcrania (Weber complex), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malacobagrus Duke 6, which is in a Laventan lacustrine claystone/mudstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Brachyplatystoma promagdalena 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
suborderSiluroidei
familyPimelodidaeEigenmann and Eigenmann 1918
genusBrachyplatystomaBleeker 1862
speciespromagdalena

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available