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Amyzon

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Amyzon was named by Cope (1872). Its type is Amyzon mentale.

It was assigned to Catostomidae by Cope (1872); and to Cyprinidae by Woodward (1901), Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Amyzon Cope p. 480
1901Amyzon Woodward p. 300
1902Amyzon Hay p. 395

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysi
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAmyzon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Amyzon Cope 1872
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Amyzon brevipinne Cope 1893
Amyzon commune Cope 1874
Amyzon fusiforme Cope 1875
Amyzon gosiutensis Grande et al. 1982
Amyzon mentale Cope 1872
Amyzon pandatum Cope 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) A. brevipinne (144348 204404)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (32896)
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene56.0 - 27.3USA (Oregon) A. sp. (227073)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) A. sp. (189961)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Wyoming) A. gosiutensis (192667 192668)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (189959)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Montana) A. sp. (23793)