Amiiformes

Amiiformes

Uncredited · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
bowfinPBDB
Sits inside
HolosteiPBDB
Diet
carnivore, piscivorePBDB
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 251 million years on record.

The record covers at least 251.902 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 254.14 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 1 of 746 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 746 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 6 of 746 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 2 of 746 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 16 of 746 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 6 of 746 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 55 of 746 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 122 of 746 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 398 of 746 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 32 of 746 occurrencesEocene — about 79 of 746 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 746 occurrencesMiocene — about 16 of 746 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 746 occurrencesPleistocene — about 7 of 746 occurrences259–251 Mya — about 1 occurrence251–242 Mya — about 2 occurrences242–233 Mya — about 4 occurrences233–225 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences225–216 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences216–207 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences207–199 Mya — about 2 occurrences199–190 Mya — about 8 occurrences190–181 Mya — about 7 occurrences173–164 Mya — about 5 occurrences164–156 Mya — about 6 occurrences156–147 Mya — about 33 occurrences147–138 Mya — about 26 occurrences138–130 Mya — about 9 occurrences130–121 Mya — about 44 occurrences121–112 Mya — about 36 occurrences112–104 Mya — about 19 occurrences104–95 Mya — about 39 occurrences95–86 Mya — about 25 occurrences86–78 Mya — about 69 occurrences78–69 Mya — about 161 occurrences69–60 Mya — about 130 occurrences60–52 Mya — about 43 occurrences52–43 Mya — about 26 occurrences43–35 Mya — about 19 occurrences35–26 Mya — about 5 occurrences26–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–8.6 Mya — about 13 occurrences8.6–0 Mya — about 12 occurrences251.902 Mya11.7 ka259 Mya0 Mya

746 occurrences of Amiiformes on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

746 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

199 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 47.47°N, 107.37°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.92°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.49°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.78°N, 111.33°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.28°N, 104.53°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.55°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.40°WWillwood — 44.61°N, 108.50°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.39°N, 108.71°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.78°WWillwood — 44.67°N, 108.80°WWillwood — 44.68°N, 108.75°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 49.14°N, 110.85°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WSolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°ESolnhofen — 48.90°N, 11.18°ESolnhofen — 48.94°N, 8.41°EGreenhorn Limestone — 37.69°N, 103.94°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.34°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.74°N, 97.65°WGreenhorn Limestone — 42.64°N, 96.53°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.46°N, 103.05°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.38°WCloverly — 45.38°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 44.65°N, 107.88°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.91°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 45.20°N, 109.00°WLa Huérguina — 40.06°N, 1.88°WLa Huérguina — 40.12°N, 1.97°WIlek — 55.90°N, 87.96°EIlek — 56.53°N, 91.81°EIlek — 55.97°N, 88.09°EIlek — 55.88°N, 88.32°EIlek — 56.57°N, 91.85°EIlek — 56.64°N, 91.99°EMorrison — 38.32°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 37.63°N, 109.57°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 105.97°WMorrison — 36.92°N, 102.98°WSao Khua — 16.89°N, 104.08°ESao Khua — 16.86°N, 104.48°ESao Khua — 17.07°N, 104.16°ESao Khua — 17.10°N, 102.49°ERomualdo — 7.22°S, 39.27°WRomualdo — 7.52°S, 39.57°WRomualdo — 7.51°S, 39.55°WRomualdo — 7.47°S, 39.76°WMilk River — 49.10°N, 111.80°WIron Springs — 37.80°N, 112.81°WIron Springs — 37.90°N, 112.74°WIron Springs — 37.37°N, 113.35°WIron Springs — 37.57°N, 113.43°WGreen River — 41.78°N, 110.73°WGreen River — 42.13°N, 110.13°WGreen River — 42.17°N, 109.42°WGrünsandstein — 48.93°N, 11.83°ECerro del Pueblo — 26.12°N, 101.12°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.51°N, 101.34°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.50°N, 101.40°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.50°N, 101.75°WCerro del Pueblo — 25.67°N, 101.30°WFruitland — 36.49°N, 108.49°WFruitland — 36.27°N, 108.26°WFruitland — 36.12°N, 107.84°WHorseshoe Canyon — 52.00°N, 112.88°WAguja — 29.14°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.24°N, 103.61°WAguja — 29.29°N, 103.61°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.79°N, 100.07°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°W

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The named rock units Amiiformes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 175 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 83 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Amiiformes and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Amiiformes and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,419 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 598 sites for Amiiformes, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

336 references

Each of the 746 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 324 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Amiiformes

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Amiiformes was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itHolostei through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hay 1929