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Amia calva (bowfin)
Taxonomy
Amia calva was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. Its type specimen is LS128, a partial skeleton.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Amia calva Linnaeus |
| 1846 | Amia reticulata Lesuer |
| 1998 | Amia calva Grande and Bemis p. 33 |
| 2018 | Amia calva Carnevale and Godfrey p. 165 |
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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.
Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 [bowfin]
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Invalid names: Amia reticulata Lesuer 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Amia calva (18284) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Amia calva (18450) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (18554) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (227368) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (58089) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (20440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (154921) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (154722) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (227371) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Amia calva (224189) | |
| Holocene | USA (Georgia) | Amia calva (152113) |