†Maliamia gigas Patterson and Longbottom 1989 (bowfin)
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Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Full reference: C. Patterson and A. E. Longbottom. 1989. An Eocene amiid fish from Mali, west Africa. Copeia 1989:827-836
Belongs to Maliamia according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998
See also Patterson and Longbottom 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH P.61340, a partial skull. Its type locality is Tamaguélelt vicinity (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marginal marine phosphorite in the Tamaguélelt Formation of Mali.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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