Rita grandiscutata

Rita grandiscutata Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ritidae
Genus:	Rita
Species:	†R. grandiscutata
Binomial name
†Rita grandiscutata Lydekker, 1886
Synonyms
† Chrysichthys theobaldiLydekker, 1886

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

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.