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Protamia

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Amia (Protamia) was named by Leidy (1873).

It was reranked as Protamia by Estes (1964) and Russell (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Amia by Hay (1902) and Estes (1976).

It was assigned to Amia by Leidy (1873); and to Amiidae by Estes (1964) and Russell (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Amia (Protamia) Leidy p. 97
1964Protamia Estes p. 41
1967Protamia Russell p. 9

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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
genusProtamia()

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. †Protamia Leidy 1873
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (14519 14538 14566 14626)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (46088)