†Amiopsis dolloi Traquair 1911 (bowfin)
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Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Synonym: Amiopsis lata Traquair 1911
Belongs to Amiopsis according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998
Sister taxa: Amiopsis damoni, Amiopsis lepidota, Amiopsis prisca, Amiopsis woodwardi, Megalurus parvus
Type specimens:
- Amiopsis dolloi: IRSNB 1229, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small claystone/bituminous coal in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium.
- Amiopsis lata: Its type locality is Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small claystone/bituminous coal in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution: found only at Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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