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Monopteros

Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes

Taxonomy
Monopteros was named by Volta (1796).

It was assigned to Albulidae by Eastman (1904); and to Osteoglossiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Monopteros Volta
1904Monopteros Eastman p. 27
2014Monopteros Bannikov p. 25
2014Monopteros Carnevale et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossomorpha()
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
genusMonopterosVolta 1796

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.

G. †Monopteros Volta 1796
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Monopteros gigas Volta 1796
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy M. gigas (94830)