Allenypterus montanus Melton 1969 (lobe-finned fish)

Coelacanthimorpha

Full reference: W. G. Melton. 1969. A new dorypterid fish from central Montana. Northwest Science 43:196-206

Belongs to Allenypterus according to W. G. Melton 1969

See also Forey 1998, Lund and Lund 1984 and Lund and Lund 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MV 2555, a skeleton. Its type locality is MV 6801, Surprise Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at MV 6801, Surprise Quarry, Bear Gulch

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