Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Parent taxon: Amiidae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Chang et al. 2010, Deesri et al. 2023, Ebert 2018 and Grande and Bemis 1998
Sister taxa: Amia, Amiopsinae, Guizhouamia, Hispanamia, Lehmanamia, Liodesmus, Nipponamia, Notaeus, Paleamia, Pappichthys, Protamia, Sinamiinae, Solnhofenamiinae, Vidalamiinae
Subtaxa: Amia (Protamia) gracilis Amia (Protamia) media Amia (Protamia) uintaensis Amia anglica Amia colenutti Amia depressus Amia eocena Amia exilis Amia furiosa Amia lemoinei Amia limosa Amia macrospondyla Amia morini Amia newberrianus Amia semimarina Amia strigasa Amia whiteavesiana Cyclurus Pappichthys barroisi Pappichthys corsonii Pappichthys laevis Pappichthys mongoliensis Pappichthys plicatus Pappichthys sclerops Pappichthys symphysis Pseudamiatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Czechia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), Czechia (1), France (3), Germany (6), United States (3: Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), Norway (1), Romania (1), United States (7: Montana, Wyoming)
• C29 of Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (36: Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan), United States (85: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (7)
Total: 158 collections including 161 occurrences