†Nipponamia Yabumoto 1994 (bowfin)
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Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Full reference: Y. Yabumoto. 1994. Early Cretaceous freshwater fish fauna in Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 13:107-254
Parent taxon: Amiidae according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998
Sister taxa: Amia, Amiinae, Amiopsinae, Guizhouamia, Lehmanamia, Liodesmus, Paleamia, Pappichthys, Protamia, Solnhofenamiinae, Vidalamiinae
Subtaxa: Nipponamia satoi
Type: Nipponamia satoi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution: found only at First formation (TO-1) (Cretaceous of Japan)
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