Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Synonym: Amia dictyocephala Cope 1875

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On the fishes of the Tertiary shales of the South Park. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1(2):3-5

Belongs to Amia according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998

See also Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Amia calva, Amia efremovi, Amia fragosa, Amia hesperia, Amia pattersoni, Amia robusta, Amia uintaensis

Type specimens:

• Amia scutata: USNM 5374, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
• Amia dictyocephala: Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.