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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A185883A-68FC-4A7F-A103-889EE22ED134
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10949606
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B91A7A55-2E95-4134-ADE7-5F5B406294D1
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:B91A7A55-2E95-4134-ADE7-5F5B406294D1
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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Catostomidae

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