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Rita grandiscutata

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Rita grandiscutata
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Rita
Species:
R. grandiscutata
Binomial name
Rita grandiscutata
Lydekker, 1886
Synonyms

Rita grandiscutata is an extinct species of catfish of the family Bagridae. It is known from a very large partial dorsal spine recovered from the early Pliocene-aged Siwalik Formation of Punjab, India. It was a member of Rita, a genus of catfishes that is still dominant in South Asia.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
  2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. (2007-03-08). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa. 1418 (1): 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ^ Arratia, Gloria (2003). Catfishes. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-261-2.