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Pimelodidae

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Taxonomy
Pimelodidae was named by Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1918). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluriformes by Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1918); to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); and to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Pimelodidae Eigenmann and Eigenmann
1963Pimelodidae Jordan p. 650
2013Pimelodidae Betancur et al.

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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
familyPimelodidaeEigenmann and Eigenmann 1918
familyPimelodidaeEigenmann and Eigenmann 1918

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.

Fm. Pimelodidae Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1918
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G. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862
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G. Phractocephalus Spix and Agassiz 1829 [cajaro]
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†Phractocephalus acreornatus Aguilera et al. 2008 [cajaro]
†Phractocephalus nassi Lundberg and Aguilera 2003 [cajaro]
G. Pimelodella Eiganmann 1917
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru Phractocephalus sp. (199563)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Phractocephalus sp. (176147) Pimelodidae indet. (176130)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) P. sp. (166506)
Santacrucian - Friasian17.5 - 15.5Venezuela (Portugesa) Phractocephalus sp. (190535)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Phractocephalus sp. (190376)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) Pimelodidae indet. (224007)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Brachyplatystoma promagdalena (136501) Brachyplatystoma sp. (186662) Brachyplatystoma vaillanti, Phractocephalus hemiliopterus (186683) Phractocephalus hemiliopterus (186680)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Phractocephalus nassi (136777)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Phractocephalus acreornatus (136717) Pimelodidae indet. (55602)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Phractocephalus sp. (176162)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Pimelodidae indet. (200110 200111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Phractocephalus nassi (136767 136776 136778)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Phractocephalus nassi (136769)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Phractocephalus acreornatus (134808 136714 136716 136718 136719 136720)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Paraná) Pimelodidae indet. (212306)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) Pimelodella sp., Pimelodidae indet. (122033)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) P. sp. (166508)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pimelodella leticeps (63335)