Hispanamia MartÍn-Abad and Poyato-Ariza 2017 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Full reference: H. MartÍn-Abad and F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 2017. A new genus and species for the amiiform fishes previously assigned to Amiopsis from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(3):604-637

Parent taxon: Amiidae according to H. MartÍn-Abad and F. J. Poyato-Ariza 2017

Sister taxa: Amia, Amiinae, Amiopsinae, Guizhouamia, Lehmanamia, Liodesmus, Nipponamia, Notaeus, Paleamia, Pappichthys, Protamia, Solnhofenamiinae, Vidalamiinae

Subtaxa: Hispanamia newbreyi

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Type: Hispanamia newbreyi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (Autonomous University of Madrid collection) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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