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Nipponamia

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Nipponamia was named by Yabumoto (1994). Its type is Nipponamia satoi.

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

Species
N. satoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Nipponamia Yabumoto
1998Nipponamia Grande and Bemis p. 562

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
genusNipponamia

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.

G. †Nipponamia Yabumoto 1994
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†Nipponamia satoi Yabumoto 1994
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: Neocomian or 143.10000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) N. satoi (145243)