Amyzon mentale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: A. mentale

Name

Amyzon mentale Cope, 1872

Type locality

Oligocene Osino Oil Shales, Near Elko, Nevada, USA

Type Material

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. USA AMNH 4075

References

• Cope, E.D. 1871 [1872]. On the Tertiary Coal and Fossils of Osino, Nevada. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86): 478–481. ISSN 0003-049X.  JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bruner, J.C. 1991. Comments on the genus Amyzon (family Catostomidae). Journal of Paleontology 65(4): 678-686. doi:10.1017/S0022336000030766.  Reference page.