Rita grandiscutata
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| Rita grandiscutata Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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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]