Taubateia paraiba

Taxobox
name = "Taubateia paraiba"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Loricariidae
genus = "Taubateia"
genus_authority = Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007
species = "T. paraiba"
binomial = "Taubateia paraiba"
binomial_authority = Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007

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

It is unclear to which subfamily "T. paraiba" belongs.

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