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Amphistium

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Amphistiidae

Taxonomy
Amphistium was named by Agassiz (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746,771]. It is the type genus of Amphistiidae.

It was assigned to Scomberoidei by Agassiz (1835); to Pleuronectiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amphistiidae by Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), van der Laan (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Amphistium Agassiz figs. Pl 13
1835Amphistium Agassiz p. 42ff
2002Amphistium Sepkoski
2014Amphistium Bannikov p. 30
2014Amphistium Carnevale et al. p. 45
2019Amphistium van der Laan p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
orderPleuronectiformes
familyAmphistiidaeBoulenger 1902
genusAmphistium

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. †Amphistium Agassiz 1834
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Amphistium paradoxum Agassiz 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy A. paradoxum (94830)