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Cyclurus kehreri (ANDREAE, 1893)
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Taxonomy
Bowfin
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Amiiformes Hay 1929
Family: Amiidae Huxley 1861
Genus: Cyclurus
Species: Cyclurus kehreri
Author Citation (ANDREAE, 1893)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Ypresian
Stratigraphy
Messel Formation
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1970
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 61 cm
Location
Grube Messel
Messel near Darmstadt
Hessen
Germany
Comments
Cyclurus kehreri, originally assigned to the recent genus Amia, was placed in Cyclurus by Gaudant (1987).
References:
GAUDANT J. 1999a. — Cyclurus kehreri (Andreae) : une espèce clé pour la connaissance des Amiidae (Poissons actinoptérygiens) du Paléogène européen. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 216: 131-165.
L. Grande and W. E. Bemis. 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
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