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Moenkopia wellesi

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Moenkopia wellesi was named by Schaeffer and Gregory (1961). Its type specimen is UMCP 36193, a partial skull (Basisphenoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holbrook quarry, UCMP V3922, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian fine channel fill siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Moenkopia wellesi Schaeffer and Gregory
1998Moenkopia wellesi Forey p. 356
2004Moenkopia wellesi Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusMoenkopia
specieswellesi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Moenkopia wellesi Schaeffer and Gregory 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Moenkopia wellesi (type locality: 34888 95112)