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Amioidea

Actinopteri - Amiiformes

Taxonomy
Amioidea was named by Bonaparte (1838). Its type is Amia.

It was assigned to Holostei by Gardiner (1960); and to Amiiformes by Grande and Bemis (1998), Kriwet (2005), Cavin et al. (2007) and Bogan et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Amioidea Bonaparte
1960Amioidea Gardiner p. 370
1998Amioidea Grande and Bemis p. 31
2005Amioidea Kriwet p. 101
2007Amioidea Cavin et al.
2010Amioidea Bogan et al. p. 164

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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
superfamilyAmioideaBonaparte 1838
superfamilyAmioideaBonaparte 1838

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.

Superfm. †Amioidea Bonaparte 1838
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Fm. †Paracentrophoridae Obruchev 1964
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G. †Paracentrophorus Piveteau 1941
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Fm. †Promecosominidae Wade 1941
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G. †Promecosomina Wade 1935
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G. †Tomognathus Agassiz 1850
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Tomognathus leiodus Dixon 1850
Tomognathus mordax Dixon 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available