†superfamily Amioidea Bonaparte 1838 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes

Parent taxon: Amiiformes according to S. Bogan et al. 2010

See also Brito et al. 2008, Cavin et al. 2007, Gardiner 1960, Grande and Bemis 1998, Gregory 1923, Kriwet 2005 and Peng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Ainia, Amioidei, Caturoidei, Eusemius, Ionoscopidae, Otomitla

Subtaxa: Paracentrophoridae

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Type: Amia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), United States (1: Montana)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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