Amyzon kishenehnicum

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 kishenehnicum

Name

†Amyzon kishenehnicum Liu, Wilson, & Murray, 2016

Type material

• Holotype: UALVP 55260 (Complete adult)
  • Repository:Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, Department Of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Paratypes: UALVP 24137, 24140, 24147, 24148, 24149, 24152, 24154 (Complete or nearly complete juveniles)
  • Repository:Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, Department Of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Type locality

• Middle Eocene, Lutetian; Kishenehn Formation, Coal Creek Member; Tunnel Creek, Middle Fork Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, USA

Etymology

• "The specific epithet kishenehnicum is a combination of the name of the Kishenehn Formation name and the Latin suffix -icum (neuter) meaning belonging to or pertaining to."

Distribution

Eocene

• Lutetian
  • Kishenehn Formation, Coal Creek Member; Tunnel Creek, Middle Fork Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, USA
  • Kishenehn Formation, Coal Creek Member; Disbrow Creek, Middle Fork Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, USA

References

Primary references

• 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.