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Amiidae

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The Amiidae are a family of basal ray-finned fishes. The bowfin is the only species to survive today, although additional species in all four subfamilies of Amiidae are known from Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene fossils.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7164	https://www.gbif.org/species/7164
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56536	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56536

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
infraclass	Holostei
order	Amiiformes	Hay 1929
family	Amiidae	Huxley 1861

Scientific Name

Amiidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amiidae	suborder	belongs to Ganoidei	stated without evidence	Huxley, 1861
Amiidae	family	belongs to Protospondyli	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1895
Amiidae	family	belongs to Halecomorphi	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Amiidae	family	belongs to Protospondyli	stated without evidence	Lambe, 1908
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amioidea	stated without evidence	Gardiner, 1960
Amiidae	family	belongs to Halecomorphi	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	stated with evidence	Estes, 1964
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amioidei	stated without evidence	Casier, 1966
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	stated with evidence	Beltan, 1984
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amioidei	stated without evidence	Case and Schwimmer, 1988
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	implied	Bryant, 1989
Amiidae	family	belongs to Holostei	stated with evidence	Normark et al., 1991
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amioidea	stated with evidence	Grande and Bemis, 1998
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	stated without evidence	Weems, 1999
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amioidea	stated without evidence	Kriwet, 2005
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013
Amiidae	family	belongs to Amiiformes	stated without evidence	Carnevale and Godfrey, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (7.1%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
Triassic

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Amiiformes)

Diet

carnivore, piscivore (based on Amiiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. H. Huxley. 1861. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangment of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23:1-40

Common Name(s)

Bowfin, Bowfins, Poissons-castors, Amias

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		262	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Amiopsinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		5	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Solnhofenamiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Vidalamiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		74	145 Ma Late Jurassic	47.8 Ma Eocene
Amia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calamopleurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Guizhouamia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Lehmanamia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Liodesmus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Maliamia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melvius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nipponamia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Pachyamia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pappichthys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protamia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		6	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudamiatus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Solnhofenamia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vidalamia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Paleamia cenomaniensis Jonet, 1981	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae : *Paleamia cenomaniensis*
Amiatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiatidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Amiadae Huxley p. 23
1861	Amiidae Huxley p. 23
1895	Amiidae Woodward p. 360
1902	Amiidae Hay p. 380
1908	Amiidae Lambe
1923	Amiatidae Jordan
1960	Amiidae Gardiner p. 370
1963	Amiidae Jordan p. 616
1964	Amiidae Estes p. 29
1966	Amiidae Casier p. 107
1981	Paleamia Jonet
1981	Paleamia cenomaniensis Jonet

Year	Name and Author
1984	Amiidae Beltan p. 125
1988	Amiidae Case and Schwimmer p. 299
1989	Amiidae Bryant p. 22
1991	Amiidae Normark et al. p. 829
1998	Amiidae Grande and Bemis p. 31
1999	Amiidae Weems p. 55
2001	Amiidae Peng et al. p. 14
2002	Amiidae Pearson et al. p. 154
2005	Amiidae Kriwet p. 101
2013	Amiidae Betancur-R. et al.
2018	Amiidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 164

References

Huxley T. H. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangment of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23, 1-40

Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III, 1-544

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444

Gardiner B. G. (1960) A revision of certain actinopterygian and coelacanth fishes, chiefly from the Lower Lias, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 4 7, 241-384

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510

Beltan L. (1984) Quelques poissons du Muschelkalk superieur d'Espagne, Acta Geologica Hispanica 19, 117-127

Case G. R., Schwimmer D. R. (1988) Late Cretaceous Fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 290-301

Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107

Grande L., Bemis W. E. (1998) A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 4, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 1, suppl., 1-690

Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100

Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54

Pearson D. A., Schaefer T., et al (2002) Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota, The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361, 145-167

Kriwet J. (2005) An amioid fish (Neopterygii, Amiiformes) from the Late Jurassic of the Iberian peninsula, Géobios 38, 99-106

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

Carnevale G., Godfrey S. J. (2018) Miocene Bony Fishes of the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys, and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology, 161-212

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Marine Species

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