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Amia (bowfin)
Taxonomy
Amia was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. Its type is Melvius thomasi. It is the type genus of Amioidea, Amiinae.
It was assigned to Cycloganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Halecomorphi by Cope (1891); to Amiinae by Grande and Bemis (1998); and to Amiidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Lambe (1908), Estes and Tihen (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Armstrong-Ziegler (1978), Weems (1999), Bogan et al. (2010) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Cycloganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Halecomorphi by Cope (1891); to Amiinae by Grande and Bemis (1998); and to Amiidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Lambe (1908), Estes and Tihen (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Armstrong-Ziegler (1978), Weems (1999), Bogan et al. (2010) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1766 | Amia Linnaeus p. 500 |
1873 | Amia Leidy p. 348 |
1891 | Amia Cope p. 1 |
1895 | Amia Woodward p. 367 |
1901 | Amia robusta Priem |
1902 | Amia Hay p. 380 |
1908 | Amia Lambe |
1964 | Amia Estes and Tihen p. 454 |
1970 | Amia Estes and Berberian p. 3 |
1976 | Amia Estes p. 502 |
1978 | Amia Armstrong-Ziegler |
1998 | Amia Grande and Bemis p. 31 |
1999 | Amia Weems p. 55 |
2010 | Amia Bogan et al. p. 164 |
2018 | Amia 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.
G. Amia Linnaeus 1766 [bowfin]
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†Amia fragosa Jordan 1927
†Amia hesperia Wilson 1982
†Amia pattersoni Grande and Bemis 1998
†Amia uintaensis Leidy 1873
Invalid names: Amia robusta Priem 1901 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Holocene or 139.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Collections (107 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Valanginian | USA (Utah) | Amia sp. (27017) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | Niger (Tahoua) | Amia sp. (48867) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Amia fragosa (14455) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Amia fragosa (36449 36541 36542) Amia sp. (230007) Amia sp., Amia uintaensis (52052) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (Utah) | Amia sp. (61844) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Amia sp. (14494) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Amia sp. (49557) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia sp. (165881) | |
Maastrichtian | Portugal (Coimbra) | Amia sp. (49276) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Amia fragosa (14502) | |
Lancian | USA (Montana) | Amia fragosa (14515 14546 14559 14574 14654) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14533 14534 14535 14536 14549 14615) Amia sp. (14508 14513 14525 14560 14613 14653) Amia sp., Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14548 14582 14639) | |
Lancian | USA (Colorado) | Amia sp. (14640) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia fragosa (14557) Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14505 14514) Amia uintaensis (14598) | |
Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | Amia sp., Amia fragosa (14537 192251) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Amia sp. (14555 35251) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Amia fragosa (14674) Amia sp., Amia fragosa (13142) | |
Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | Amia sp. (14805) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | Amia sp. (123518) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Amia sp. (14962) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (14874) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia fragosa (15065) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | Amia pattersoni (192127) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Amia sp. (48888) | |
Ypresian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Amia sp., Amia barroisi (87947) | |
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | Amia sp. (227073) | |
Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia sp. (15917) | |
Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (15583) | |
Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Amia fragosa, Amia uintaensis (15895) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Amia sp. (15595) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia sp. (15458 15696 15698 15759 15793 15830 46662 46668 46687 46692 46761 46768 46783 46806 46813 46821) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Amia sp. (16296) | |
Lutetian | Canada (British Columbia) | Amia hesperia (189959) | |
Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Amia sp. (41888 41992) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Colorado) | Amia sp. (16623) | |
Uintan | USA (Utah) | Amia sp. (213066 222805) | |
Bartonian | France (Picardie Region) | Amia sp. (12847) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Utah) | Amia uintensis (16877) | |
Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Amia sp. (16930 17014) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Amia calva (18284) Amia indet. (18102 18208) Amia sp. (18165 18223 18442 18443 27481) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Amia sp. (79793) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Amia calva (18450) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (18554) | |
Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Amia sp. (135808) | |
Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Amia sp. (152251) | |
Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Amia sp. (179732) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (227368) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (58089) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (20440) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (154921) | |
Holocene | USA (Florida) | Amia calva (227371) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Amia calva (224189) | |
Holocene | USA (Georgia) | Amia calva (152113) |