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Fajumia

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae

Taxonomy
Fajumia was named by Stromer (1904).

It was assigned to Siluridae by Andrews (1906); and to Bagridae by Sahni and Mishra (1975).

Species
F. schweinfurthi
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. menoni, F. misrai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Fajumia Stromer
1906Fajumia Andrews p. 313
1975Fajumia Sahni and Mishra p. 7

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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)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyBagridaeBleeker 1852
genusFajumiaStromer 1904

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. †Fajumia Stromer 1904
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†Fajumia schweinfurthi Andrews 1904
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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kutch) F. misrai (45591)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) F. menoni (45583)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Libya F. sp. (49942)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya F. sp. (48077 55449)