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Cyclurus ignotus

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Amia ignota was named by Blainville (1818). Its type specimen is MNHN 11304, 11305, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Amia ignota Blainville
1843Notaeus laticaudus Agassiz figs. Pl 46, figs 1-2
1893Amia laticaudata Andreae
1911Amia munieri Priem
1998Cyclurus ignotus Grande and Bemis p. 299
2025Amia laticaudata Carrano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
subfamilyAmiinaeBonaparte 1837
genusCyclurus
speciesignotus(Blainville 1818)

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 ignotus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Amia laticaudata Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Amia munieri Priem 1911 [synonym]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available