Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Loricariidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Siluriformes Scientific name Taubateia paraiba | |
Genus Taubateia
Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007 | ||
Taubateia paraiba was a species of catfish from the family Loricariidae. It was found in the Tremembé Formation sediments of the Taubaté River Basin in eastern São Paulo State, Brazil. The genus name Taubateia comes from the name Taubate, in reference to the basin where the fossil comes from. The species name paraiba comes from the name of the river Paraíba do Sul.
It is unclear to which subfamily T. paraiba belongs.
References
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