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Ameiurus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Taxonomy
Ameiurus was named by Rafinesque (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluridae by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Ameiurus Rafinesque
1902Ameiurus Hay p. 382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familySiluridaeCuvier 1816
genusAmeiurusRafinesque 1820

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. Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820
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†Ameiurus cancellatus Cope 1891
†Ameiurus lavetti Lundberg 1975
†Ameiurus maconnellii Cope 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.5 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Texas) A. sp. (18614)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Ictalurus hazenensis (192110)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) A. sp. (18627)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (230906)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) A. sp. (18611 18645 207452)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. natalis, A. nebulosus (227368)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) A. sp. (85142)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) A. natalis, A. nebulosus (227371)