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Amia fragosa

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Amia fragosa was named by Jordan (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-03-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Amia fragosa Jordan
1976Amia fragosa Estes p. 502

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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
genusAmia
speciesfragosaJordan 1927

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.

Amia fragosa Jordan 1927
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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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 83.60000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Amia fragosa (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Amia fragosa (36449 36541 36542)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Amia fragosa (14502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Amia fragosa (14515 14533 14534 14535 14536 14546 14548 14549 14559 14574 14582 14615 14639 14654)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Amia fragosa (14537 192251)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Amia fragosa (14505 14514 14557)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Amia fragosa (13142 14674)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) Amia fragosa (14874)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Amia fragosa (15065)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (North Dakota) Amia fragosa (15895)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Amia fragosa (15583)