Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On the Tertiary coal and fossils of Osino, Nevada. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:478-481
Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Cope 1872 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Aspius, Barbinae, Barbus, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Ecocarpia, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae
Subtaxa: Amyzon brevipinne Amyzon commune Amyzon fusiforme Amyzon gosiutensis Amyzon mentale Amyzon pandatum
Type: Amyzon mentale
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Canada (4: British Columbia), United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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