Rita grandiscutata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Rita |
| Species: | †R. grandiscutata
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| †Rita grandiscutata Lydekker, 1886
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 1175-5334.1-628&rft.date=2007-03-08&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1&rft.issn=1175-5334&rft.aulast=Ferraris&rft.aufirst=Carl J.&rft_id=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1418.1.1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rita grandiscutata" class="Z3988">
- ^ Arratia, Gloria (2003). Catfishes. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-261-2.