Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Full reference: L. Grande and W. E. Bemis. 1998. A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1, suppl.):1-690
Parent taxon: Amiidae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Grande and Bemis 1998 and Tong et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Amia, Amiinae, Amiopsinae, Guizhouamia, Lehmanamia, Liodesmus, Nipponamia, Paleamia, Pappichthys, Protamia, Solnhofenamiinae
Subtaxa: Calamopleurini Melvius Vidalamiini
Type: Vidalamia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (3 collections), Senegal (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (6), Canada (4: Alberta, Nunavut), Mexico (5), Palestinian Territory (1), Spain (1), Thailand (1), United States (58: Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 84 collections each including a single occurrence