Pachyamia mexicana Grande and Bemis 1998 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Full reference: L. Grande and W. E. Bemis. 1998. A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1, suppl.):1-690

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

See also Cantalice et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Pachyamia latimaxillaris

Type specimen: IGM 7379, a skeleton

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachyamia mexicana in the database

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