Pimelodus antiquus Leidy 1873 (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Notice of remains of fishes in the Bridger Tertiary formation of Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25:97-99

Belongs to Pimelodus according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Leidy 1873

Sister taxon: Pimelodus gaudryi

Type specimen: Its type locality is junction of the Big Sandy and Green river, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at junction of the Big Sandy and Green river

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