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Cyclurus kehreri

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Amia kehreri was named by Andreae (1893). Its type specimen is SMF 1668, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyclurus kehreri by Grande and Bemis (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Amia kehreri Andreae
1998Cyclurus kehreri Grande and Bemis p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
subfamilyAmiinaeBonaparte 1837
genusCyclurus
specieskehreri(Andreae 1893)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cyclurus kehreri Andreae 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:52
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:52
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Amia kehreri (13322 45002 45765 45766 45769)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Amia kehreri (22701)