Pachyamia latimaxillaris Chalifa and Tchernov 1982 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Full reference: Y. Chalifa and E. Tchernov. 1982. Pachyamia latimaxillaris, New Genus and Species (Actinopterygii: Amiidae), from the Cenomanian of Jerusalem. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(3):269-285

Belongs to Pachyamia according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998

Sister taxon: Pachyamia mexicana

Type specimen: HUJ-EY-640, a skeleton. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestinian Territory.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries

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