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Pimelodus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Taxonomy
Pimelodus was named by Lacepede.

It was assigned to Siluridae by Leidy (1873) and Bohm (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Pimelodus Leidy p. 348
1926Pimelodus Bohm p. 82

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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)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familySiluridaeCuvier 1816
genusPimelodusLacepede

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.

G. †Pimelodus Lacepede
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†Pimelodus antiquus Leidy 1873
†Pimelodus gaudryi Leriche 1901
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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Laventan or 56.00000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Wyoming) P. antiquus (193357)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) P. gaudryi (149316)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France P. sp. (69805)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France P. sp. (90354)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) P. sp. (186683)