Taxon calibrated
Total group Ameiurus
Minimum age
33.97 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
98.58 Ma
Authority
Lundberg (1975)
Locality
Florrisant Formation, USA
Age Authority
Evanoff et al. (2001)
Outgroup sequence
Ameiurus pectinatus (Total group Ameiurus, 33.97 Ma)
Astephus sp. (Total group Ictaluridae, 59.36 Ma)
Characiformes indet. (Total group Characiformes, 93.9 Ma)
Rubiesichthys gregalis (Chanidae vs Kneriidae, 126.3 Ma)
Tischlingerichthys viohli (Crown Otomorpha, 150.94 Ma)
Leptolepides haerteisi (Total group Euteleostei, 150.94 Ma)
Anaethalion zapporum (Crown Teleostei, 151.2 Ma)
Occithrissops willsoni (stem Teleostei 5, 166.1 Ma)
Leptolepis coryphaenoides (stem Teleostei 4, 181.7 Ma)
Dorsetichthys bechei (stem Teleostei 3, 193.81 Ma)
Knerichthys bronni (stem Teleostei 2, 221 Ma)
Prohalecites porroi (stem Teleostei 1, 236 Ma)
Watsonulus (stem Halecomorphi 1, 251.2 Ma)
Taxa this fossil might apply to:
Class: Actinopteri
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Megacohort: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Otomorpha
Subcohort: Ostariophysi
Section: Otophysa
Superorder: Characiphysae
Order: Siluriformes
Suborder: Siluroidei
Family: Ictaluridae