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Comments on the genus Amyzon (family Catostomidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

John Clay Bruner
John Clay Bruner*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9, Canada Zoology Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605
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Abstract

At least four of the seven described species of Amyzon are valid species with doubtful status given to Amyzon pandatum Cope, 1874, and Amyzon fusiforme Cope, 1875. Amyzon gosiutensis Grande, Eastman, and Cavender, 1982, is a junior synonym of Amyzon aggregatum Wilson, 1977b. The Klondike Mountain Formation specimens examined from Republic, Washington, are identified as Amyzon aggregatum Wilson, 1977b. The known range of A. aggregatum is extended south to Republic, Washington, and southeast to the Laney Shale Member of the Green River Formation, Wyoming.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , July 1991 , pp. 678 - 686
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