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Allenypterus montanus

Coelacanthimorpha

Taxonomy
Allenypterus montanus was named by Melton (1969). Its type specimen is MV 2555, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Allenypterus montanus Melton p. 199 figs. 3-8
1984Allenypterus montanus Lund and Lund p. 241 fig. 4
1985Allenypterus montanus Lund and Lund
1998Allenypterus montanus Forey p. 302

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
genusAllenypterus
speciesmontanus

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.

†Allenypterus montanus Melton 1969
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Allenypterus montanus (type locality: 116660)