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Amiopsis damoni

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Megalurus damoni was named by Egerton (1858). Its type specimen is BMNH P.3660, P.563, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Amiopsis damoni by Grande and Bemis (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Megalurus austeni Egerton
1858Megalurus damoni Egerton
1998Amiopsis damoni Grande and Bemis p. 532

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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
subfamilyAmiopsinae
genusAmiopsisKner 1863
speciesdamoni(Egerton 1858)

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.

Amiopsis damoni Egerton 1858
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Invalid names: Megalurus austeni Egerton 1858 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available