Wilsonium

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
Subfamiliae: incertae sedis
Genus:†Wilsonium
Species: †W. brevipinne

Name

• †Wilsonium Liu, 2021
  • Type species: †Amyzon brevipinne E.D.Cope, 1893

Etymology

• "The genus name Wilsonium is in honour of palaeoichthyologist Mark V. H. Wilson, for his contributions to Eocene freshwater fish research and decades of collecting catostomid fossils in western Canada and USA."

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1893. Fossil fishes from British Columbia. Proceedings, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 45: 401-402.  BHL Reference page. 
• Lambe, L.M. (1906). "XI: On Amyzon brevipinne Cope, from the Amyzon beds of the southern interior of British Columbia". Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 2. Vol. 12. pp. 151–156, pl. 1. ISSN 0035-9122.BHL Reference page. 
• 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.