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Amioidei (disused)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes

Taxonomy
Amioidei is a suborder. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Halecomorphi by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Casier (1966); and to Amiiformes by Applegate (1970), Case and Schwimmer (1988) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Amioidei Casier p. 107
1970Amioidei Applegate p. 403
1988Amioidei Case and Schwimmer p. 300
2016Amioidei Nelson et al. p. 125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
suborderAmioidei
suborderAmioidei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. Amioidei
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Invalid names: Liodesmidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Amioidei indet. (56165)