Amyzon gosiutensis

†Amyzon gosiutensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei

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: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo:Catostomoidei

Familia: Catostomidae
Subfamilia:incertae sedis
Genus: †Amyzon
Species: †Amyzon gosiutensis

Name

†Amyzon gosiutensis Grande, Eastman, & Cavender, 1982

Type material

• Holotype: UW 11578 (Nearly-complete adult)
  • Repository: Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States

• Paratypes: AMNH 10460
  • Repository: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York City, New York, United States

• Paratypes SMMP 78.4.1, 78.4.2, 78.4.4, 78.4.5
  • Repository: Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States

• Paratypes UMVP 6501, 6502, 6504-6506
  • Repository: Vertebrate Paleontology collections, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

• Paratypes: UW 11579, 11580
  • Repository: Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States

• Referred material: AMNH 10402
  • Repository: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York City, New York, United States

• Referred material: SMMP 78.4.3, 78.4.6, 78.4.7, 78.4.8, 78.4.9, 78.4.10, 78.4.11, 78.4.12
  • Repository: Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States

• Referred material: UMVP 6500, 6503, 6507
  • Repository: Vertebrate Paleontology collections, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian (Bridgerian); Green River Formation, "Lake Gosiute", Laney Member; Green River Basin, Sweetwater County, Colorado, United States

Etymology

• "-gosiutensis, after Eocene Lake Gosiute of the Green River Formation."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian (Bridgerian)
  • Green River Formation, Lake Gosiute, Laney Member; "Various localities", Green River Basin, Sweetwater County, Colorado, United States

References

Primary references

• Grande, L., Eastman, J. & Cavender, T. 1982. Amyzon gosiutensis, a new catostomid fish from the Green River Formation. Copeia 1982(3): 523–532. doi:10.2307/1444651. ISSN 0045-8511.  JSTOR Reference page. 
• Liu, J.; Wilson, M.V.H.; Murray, A.M. 2016. A new catostomid fish (Ostariophysi, Cypriniformes) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation and remarks on the North American species of †Amyzon Cope, 1872". (in en). Journal of Paleontology 90(2): 288–304. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.28. ISSN 0022-3360. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-catostomid-fish-ostariophysi-cypriniformes-from-the-eocene-kishenehn-formation-and-remarks-on-the-north-american-species-of-amyzon-cope-1872/9864C62EC770FCF12373C2679582FFD7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liu, Juan 2021. Redescription of 'Amyzon' brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(9): 677–689. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966. ISSN 1477-2019.  Reference page.