†Pachyamia mexicana Grande and Bemis 1998 (bowfin)
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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
Belongs to Pachyamia according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Pachyamia latimaxillaris
Type specimen: IGM 7379, a skeleton
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachyamia mexicana in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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