Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Hiodontiformes 

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
Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala
Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha
Ordo: Hiodontiformes

Familia: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species: †H. rosei

Name

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Hiodon rosei (Hussakof) Hilton & Grande, 2008

Synonyms

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  • Leuciscus rosei Hussakof, 1916
  • Eohiodon rosei Cavender, 1966

Type locality

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late Ypresian, Tranquille Beds, Kamloops Group, Red Point, Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

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  • Holotype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; NMC 2156
  • Paratype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; NMC 2156a
  • Paratype: American Museum of Natural History, New york, New york, USA AMNH 8059

References

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  • Cavender, T 1966. Systematic Position of the North American Eocene Fish, "Leuciscus" rosei Hussakof. Copeia 1966(2): 311–320. JSTOR
  • Hilton, E. J. & Grande, L. 2008; "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy" in "Birth of the modern world: the Tertiary" Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295:221-251