Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Halecomorphi – bowfins and relatives

After Grande & Bemis, 1998, Alvarado-Ortega & Espinosa-Arrubarrena, 2008, and Lane & Ebert, 2015

<==o Halecomorphi
   |--+?- †Peia jurongensis Q. Li, 2009; E.Trias. SEAs.
   |  `-- †Parasemionotiformes Lehman, 1966
   `--+-- Amiiformes Hay, 1929 (bowfins; amiakalat)
      `--o †Ionoscopiformes Grande & Bemis, 1998
         |--o †Ionoscopidae sensu Alvarado-Ortega & Espinosa-Arrubarrena, 2008 [incl. Oshuniidae]
         |  |--o †Ionoscopus Thiolliére, 1858 [Opsigonus] L.Jur.-E.Cret. Eu.
         |  |  |-- †I. petraoiae Costa, 1853
         |  |  |-- †I. cyprinoides
         |  |  |-- †I. esocinus
         |  |  |-- †I. münsteri
         |  |  `-- †I. striatissimus
         |  `--+-- †Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega & Espinosa-Arrubarrena, 2008; E.Cret. SWNAm.
         |     `-- †Oshunia brevis Wenz & Kellner, 1986; L.Cret. NESAm. [Oshuniidae]
         `--o †Ophiopsidae sensu Alvarado-Ortega & Espinosa-Arrubarrena, 2008
            |-- †Ophiopsis muensteri Agassiz, 1834 [Ophiopsis Müensteri Agassiz, 1834; Furo münsteri (Agassiz, 1834) Lambers, 1998] L.Jur. CEu.
            |--o †Ophiopsiella Lane & Ebert, 2015; L.Jur. CEu.
            |  |-- †O. procera (Agassiz, 1843) [Ophiopsis procerus Agassiz, 1843]
            |  |-- †O. attenuata (Wagner, 1863) Lane & Ebert, 2015
            |  |-- †O. penicillata (Agassiz, 1843)
            |  |-- †O. breviceps (Egerton, 1852)
            |  |-- †O. dorsalis (Agassiz, 1843)
            |  |-- †O. montsechensis (Wenz, 1968)
            |  `-- †O. lepturus (Bellotti, 1857)
            `--+-- †Teoichthys kallistos Applegate, 1998; E.Cret. SWNAm.
               `--o †Macrepistius Cope,, 1894
                  `-- †M. arenatus

<==+?- †Callopterus
   `--o †Ionoscopidae
      |-- †Ionoscopus
      `--+-- †Oshunia
         `-- †Spathiurus

<==o †Ionoscopidae + †Ophiopsidae
   |-- †Ionoscopus
   `--+-- †Oshunia
      `--+-- †Heterolepidotus
         `--+-- †Brachyichthys
            `--+-- †Macrepistius
               `-- †Ophiopsis

<==o †Ionoscopiformes
   |--o †Ionoscopidae
   |  `-- †Ionoscopus
   `--+--o †Oshuniidae
      |  `-- †Oshunia
      `--o †Ophiopsidae
         |-- †Ophiopsis
         `-- †Macrepistius

Reference(s):

• Alvarado-Ortega, J. & Espinosa-Arrubarrena, L., 2008: A new genus of ionoscopiform fish (Halecomorphi) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) lithographic limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico.
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 82, #1, pp. 163-175
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
  –Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088
• Grand, L., & Bemis, W., E., 1998: A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, suppl. to #1, pp. x-690
• Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 35, #1, pp. e883238 (1-23) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238]
• Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
  –Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223
• Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
  –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600
• Li, Q., 2009: A new parasemionotid-like fish from the lower Triassic of Jurong, Jiangsu Province, South China.
  –Palaeontology: Vol. 52, #2, pp. 369-384 [doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00848.x]