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Monomitopus

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Monomitopus was named by Alcock (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ophidiinae by Schwarzhans (1980); to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Neobythitinae by Schwarzhans (2019).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Monomitopus Alcock
1980Monomitopus Schwarzhans p. 152
2002Monomitopus Sepkoski
2019Monomitopus Schwarzhans p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
subfamilyNeobythitinaeRadcliffe 1913
genusMonomitopusAlcock 1890

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. Monomitopus Alcock 1890
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Monomitopus nudus Schwarzhans 1980
Monomitopus ovalis Schwarzhans 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Calabrian or 42.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) M. costatus (41998)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) M. ovalis (219322)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) M. ovalis (219333) Zonobythites ovalis (219512)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand (North Island) M. nudus (219269 219553 219554)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) M. metriostoma (207569 207571)