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Amiopsinae

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Amiopsinae was named by Grande and Bemis (1998). Its type is Amiopsis.

It was assigned to Amiidae by Grande and Bemis (1998).

Subtaxa
Amiopsis (syn. Urocles, Megalurus) (type genus)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2009-07-15; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Amiopsinae Grande and Bemis p. 483

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
suborderAmioidei
familyAmiidae
subfamilyAmiopsinae
subfamilyAmiopsinae

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.

Subfm. †Amiopsinae Grande and Bemis 1998
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G. †Amiopsis Kner 1863
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†Amiopsis damoni Egerton 1858
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Invalid names: Megalurus austeni Egerton 1858 [synonym]
†Amiopsis dolloi Traquair 1911
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Invalid names: Amiopsis lata Traquair 1911 [synonym]
†Amiopsis lepidota Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz 1834 [synonym], Megalurus grandis Wagner 1863 [synonym]
†Amiopsis prisca Kner 1863
†Amiopsis woodwardi Sauvage 1903
Invalid names: Urocles Jordan 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Turonian or 143.10000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Megalurus austeni (52301)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Late/Upper Barremian132.6 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Megalurus damoni (80512)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cataluña) Megalurus woodwardi (85293)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) Amiopsinae indet. (61889)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Amiopsis sp., Urocles woodwardi (28006)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Amiopsis dolloi, Amiopsis lata (22645)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Amiopsis prisca (144686)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Slovenia (Coastal–Karst) Amiopsis prisca (278531)