Amiopsis dolloi Traquair 1911 (bowfin)

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

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