Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Alternative combination: Ameiurus hazenensis

Full reference: J. V. Baumgartner. 1982. A New Fossil Ictalurid Catfish from the Miocene Middle Member of the Truckee Formation, Nevada. Copeia 1982(1):38-46

Belongs to Ameiurus according to M. Arce-H et al. 2018

See also Baumgartner 1982

Sister taxa: Ameiurus cancellatus, Ameiurus lavetti, Ameiurus maconnellii

Type specimen: UMMP V74320, a partial skeleton (anterior skeleton and skull). Its type locality is Ictalurus hazenensis type locality, which is in a Miocene lacustrine diatomite in the Truckee Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ictalurus hazenensis type locality

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