Lably
Skip to content

Ampheristus

  • 1 min read
  • 1 chapter

Related on Lably

Through Basal (phylogenetics) and Belgium

It is one of the oldest known members of the order Ophidiiformes alongside Pastorius from the Maastrichtian of Italy. Only the type species, A. toliapicus from the London Clay, is known from body fossils; the rest are known only by the genus's distinctive otoliths.

Species

The following species are known:

  • A. americanus Schwarzhans & Stringer, 2020 (Maastrichtian of Texas and Maryland, Danian of Arkansas)
  • A. bavaricus (Koken, 1891) (Maastrichtian of Germany)
  • A. bhavnagarensis Singh, Patel & Rana, 2017 (Eocene of India)
  • A. brevicauda Schwarzhans, 2010 (Maastrichtian of Germany)
  • A. brevicaudatus Lin, Steurbaut & Nolf, 2024 (Eocene of Alabama, Virginia and Maryland)
  • A. neobavaricus Schwarzhans, 2012 (Paleocene of Germany)
  • A. pentlandensis Schwarzhans, 2019 (Eocene of New Zealand)
  • A. sinuocaudatus Schwarzhans, 1980 (Eocene of New Zealand)
  • A. sztrakosi Nolf & Steurbaut, 2004 (Oligocene of Italy)
  • A. toliapicus König, 1825 (Eocene of the United Kingdom) (type species)
  • A. traunensis Schwarzhans, 2010 (Maastrichtian of Germany)

The species A. lerichei, known by a body fossil from the Eocene of Belgium and otoliths from the same region, is alternately placed in Ampheristus or Hoplobrotula.

More in Animals

Monotypic taxonTaxonomic group with only one subordinate taxonSpecies descriptionFormal description of a discovered speciesParaphylyType of taxonomic groupIUCN Red ListInventory of the global conservation status of biological speciesSubtropicsGeographic and climate zoneCommon nameName generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)