Hiodon rosei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hiodontiformes

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: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Hiodontiformes

Familia: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species: †H. rosei

Name

Hiodon rosei (Hussakof) Hilton & Grande, 2008

Synonyms

• Leuciscus rosei Hussakof, 1916
• Eohiodon rosei Cavender, 1966

Type locality

late Ypresian, Tranquille Beds, Kamloops Group, Red Point, Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; NMC 2156
• Paratype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; NMC 2156a
• Paratype: American Museum of Natural History, New york, New york, USA AMNH 8059

References

• Cavender, T 1966. Systematic Position of the North American Eocene Fish, "Leuciscus" rosei Hussakof. Copeia 1966(2): 311–320. JSTOR
• Hilton, E. J. & Grande, L. 2008; "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy" in "Birth of the modern world: the Tertiary" Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295:221-251