Brachyplatystoma vaillanti Lundberg 1997 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Full reference: J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91

Belongs to Brachyplatystoma according to J. Lundberg 1997

Sister taxon: Brachyplatystoma promagdalena

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fish bed - Duke locality (Miocene of Colombia)

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