Family Amiidae Huxley 1861 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Alternative spelling: Amiadae

Synonym: Amiatidae Jordan 1923

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1861. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangment of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23:1-40

Parent taxon: Amiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Beltan 1984, Bogan et al. 2010, Bryant 1989, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Casier 1966, Estes 1964, Gardiner 1960, Grande and Bemis 1998, Hay 1902, Huxley 1861, Jordan 1963, Kriwet 2005, Lambe 1908, Nelson et al. 2016, Normark et al. 1991, Novas et al. 2019, Pearson et al. 2002, Peng et al. 2001, Weems 1999 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Ainia, Amioidea, Amioidei, Caturidae, Caturoidea, Eusemius, Ionoscopus, Oligopleura, Otomitla, Palaeolabridae

Subtaxa: Amia Amiinae Amiopsinae Guizhouamia Lehmanamia Liodesmus Nipponamia Paleamia Pappichthys Protamia Solnhofenamiinae Vidalamiinae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (7: Florida, Georgia)

• Miocene of United States (14: Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Virginia)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Canada (4: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territory, Saskatchewan), China (1), France (3), Germany (6), India (1), Mali (3), Pakistan (1), Senegal (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (29: Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)

• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (14: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Argentina (2), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (6), Canada (70: Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan), France (3), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (8), Morocco (1), Niger (1), Palestinian Territory (1), Portugal (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (8), Thailand (1), United States (179: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (7)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1), Portugal (1)

• Triassic of China (1)

Total: 401 collections including 478 occurrences

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