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Amia (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Synonyms
  • Amia robusta was named by Priem (1901). Its type specimen is MNHN 1897-15, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Grande and Bemis (1998).
  • Amiatus was named by Rafinesque (1815).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Amia by Uhen (2500).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Amia Linnaeus p. 500
1815Amiatus Rafinesque
1873Amia Leidy p. 348
1891Amia Cope p. 1
1895Amia Woodward p. 367
1901Amia robusta Priem
1902Amia Hay p. 380
1908Amia Lambe
1964Amia Estes and Tihen p. 454
1970Amia Estes and Berberian p. 3
1976Amia Estes p. 502
1978Amia Armstrong-Ziegler
1998Amia Grande and Bemis p. 31
1999Amia Weems p. 55
2010Amia Bogan et al. p. 164
2010Amia Friedman et al. p. S32
2018Amia Carnevale and Godfrey p. 165

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

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. Amia Linnaeus 1766 [bowfin]
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Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 [bowfin]
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Invalid names: Amia reticulata Lesuer 1846 [synonym]
†Amia fragosa Jordan 1927
†Amia hesperia Wilson 1982
†Amia pattersoni Grande and Bemis 1998
†Amia scutata Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Amia dictyocephala Cope 1875 [synonym]
†Amia uintaensis Leidy 1873
Invalid names: Amia robusta Priem 1901 [nomen dubium], Amiatus Rafinesque 1815 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Holocene or 137.05000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (Utah) Amia sp. (27017)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Amia sp. (48867)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Amia fragosa (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Amia fragosa (36449 36541 36542) Amia sp. (230007) Amia sp., Amia uintaensis (52052)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Amia sp. (61844)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Amia sp. (14494)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Amia sp. (49557)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Amia fragosa (14502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Amia fragosa (14515 14535 14546 14549 14559 14574 14615 14654) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14533 14534 14536) Amia sp. (14508 14513 14525 14560 14613 14653) Amia sp., Amia fragosa (14548) Amia sp., Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14582 14639)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Amia sp., Amia fragosa (14537 192251)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Amia sp. (14640)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Amia fragosa (14514 14557) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14505) Amia uintaensis (14598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Amia fragosa (14674) Amia sp., Amia fragosa (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Amia sp. (14555 35251)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Amia sp. (165881)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) Amia sp. (49276)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) Amia sp. (123518)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Wyoming) Amia sp. (14805)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Amia sp. (14962)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14874)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Amia fragosa (15065)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Amia sp. (48888)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Amia pattersoni (192127)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Hainaut) Amia sp., Amia barroisi (87947)
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene56.0 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Amia sp. (227073)
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Amia sp. (15917)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (15583)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (North Dakota) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (15895)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) Amia sp. (15595)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Amia sp. (15458 15696 15698 15759 15793 15830 46662 46668 46687 46692 46761 46768 46783 46806 46813 46821)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Amia sp. (16296)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Amia sp. (41888 41992)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Canada (British Columbia) Amia hesperia (189959)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Amia sp. (16623)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Amia sp. (213066 222805)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Amia sp. (12847)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Amia uintensis (16877)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Amia sp. (16930 17014)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Amia calva (18284) Amia indet. (18102 18208) Amia sp. (18165 18223 18442 18443 27481)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Amia sp. (79793)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Amia calva (18450)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Amia calva (18554)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Amia sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Amia sp. (135808)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Amia sp. (179732)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Amia calva (227368)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Amia calva (58089)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Amia calva (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Amia calva (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Amia calva (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Amiatus calvus (34269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Amia calva (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Amia calva (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Amia calva (227371)