Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On the fishes of the Tertiary shales of the South Park. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1(2):3-5

Belongs to Amyzon according to E. D. Cope 1875

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Amyzon brevipinne, Amyzon commune, Amyzon fusiforme, Amyzon gosiutensis, Amyzon mentale

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)

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