Amia hesperia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neopterygii

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Ordo: Amiiformes
Superfamilia: Amioidea
Familia: Amiidae
Genus: Amia
Species: †A. hesperia

Name

• †Amia hesperia Wilson, 1982

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Ashnola Chert, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: UALVP 14758
  • Repository: Vertebrate paleontology Collections, Department Of Geology, university of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

References

• Wilson, M. V. (1982) A new species of the fish Amia from the Middle Eocene of British Columbia. Palaeontology 25(2): 413–424. 
• Brownstein, C.D. & Near, T.J. (2024) A giant bowfin from a Paleocene hothouse ecosystem in North America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae042. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae042/7659736. Retrieved 2024-04-30.