Cratoamia gondwanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neopterygii
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Ordo: Amiiformes
Superfamilia: Amioidea
Familia: Amiidae
Subfamiliae: †Vidalamiinae
Tribus: Vidalamiini
Genus: †Cratoamia
Species: †Cratoamia gondwanica

Name

Cratoamia gondwanica Brito, Yabumoto & Grande, 2008

Type locality: Early Cretaceous; Crato Formation, Araripe Plateau, quarries near Nova Olinda, Ceará, northeastern Brazil

Holotype: Museum of Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil MPSC-P 933a and b (Part & Counterpart). Paratypes: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UERJ-PMB89. Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Fukuoka, Japan KMNH VP100,260

References

Primary references

• Brito, P.M., Yabumoto, Y. & Grande, L. 2008. New Amiid Fish (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4): 1007–1014.