Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo:Catostomoidei

Familia: Catostomidae
Genus: †Amyzon

Species: A. mentale

Name edit

Amyzon mentale Cope, 1872

Type locality edit

Oligocene Osino Oil Shales, Near Elko, Nevada, USA

Type Material edit

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. USA AMNH 4075

References edit

  • Cope E.D. 1872. On the Tertiary coal and Fossils of Osino, Nevada. Proceedings, American Philosophical Society 12:478-481
  • Bruner, John Clay 1991. Comments on the Genus Amyzon (Family Catostomidae) Journal of Paleontology 654:678-686