Amphiplaga Cope 1877 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of the Green River shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 3(4):807-819

Parent taxon: Percopsidae according to A. M. Murray 1996

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Erismatopterus, Lateopisciculus, Libotonius, Massamorichthys, Percopsis

Subtaxa: Amphiplaga brachyptera

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Type: Amphiplaga brachyptera

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Lake Sample Site H-1 (Eocene of Wyoming)

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