Wilsonium, Liu, 2021

Liu, Juan, 2021, Redescription of ‘ Amyzon’ brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (9), pp. 677-689 : 679

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10949606
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B91A7A55-2E95-4134-ADE7-5F5B406294D1
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Wilsonium
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Wilsonium gen. nov.

Type species. Wilsonium brevipinne ( Cope, 1893) .

Included species. Wilsonium brevipinne ( Cope, 1893) .

Diagnosis. As for the type and only species.

Derivation of name. The genus name Wilsonium is in honour of palaeoichthyologist Mark V. H. Wilson, for his contributions to Eocene freshwater fish research and decades of collecting catostomid fossils in western Canada and USA.

Occurrence. Eocene, western Canada.