Taubateia paraiba

Taubateia paraiba was a species of catfish from the family Loricariidae. It was found in the Tremembé Formation sediments of the Taubaté 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.

Taubateia paraiba
Temporal range: Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~28.4–21.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Loricariidae
Genus:
Taubateia

Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007
Species:
T. paraiba
Binomial name
Taubateia paraiba
Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007

It is unclear to which subfamily T. paraiba belongs. The ventral skull length is 54.5 millimetres (2.15 in).[1]

References
  1. Taubateia paraiba at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • Malabarba, Maria Claudia; Lundberg, John G. (2007). "A fossil loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea) from the Taubaté Basin, eastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 5 (3): 263–270. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252007000300005.


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