Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Alternative combination: Paramiatus gurleyi

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

See also Romer and Fryxell 1928

Sister taxa: Amia chinzhalensis, Amia russelli, Cyclurus efremovi, Cyclurus fragosus, Cyclurus ignotus, Cyclurus kehreri, Cyclurus macrocephalus, Cyclurus minor, Cyclurus oligocenicus, Cyclurus valenciennesi, Stylomyleodon lacus

Type specimen: FMNH UC 2201, a skeleton. Its type locality is 18-inch-layer, F1-locality, which is in a Lostcabinian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at 18-inch-layer, F1-locality

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