Pangasius indicus
Pangasius indicus Temporal range: ?Paleogene
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pangasiidae |
Genus: | Pangasius Valenciennes, 1840 |
Species: | P. indicus
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Binomial name | |
Pangasius indicus Marck, 1876
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Pangasius indicus is an extinct species of catfish of the family Pangasiidae. This fish was a member of the "Sipang Fauna", a lagerstatte from , Sumatra, of indeterminate age, possibly either Eocene, Oligocene, or even Miocene in age.[1]
References[]
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
Categories:
- Pangasiidae
- Paleogene fish of Asia
- Siluriformes stubs
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs