†superfamily Amioidea Bonaparte 1838 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes

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

See also Cavin et al. 2007, Gardiner 1960, Grande and Bemis 1998 and Kriwet 2005

Sister taxa: Ainia, Amiidae, Amioidei, Caturoidea, Eusemius, Ionoscopidae, Ionoscopus, Oligopleura, Otomitla

Subtaxa: Paracentrophoridae Promecosominidae

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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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