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Monomuchites obliquum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Taxonomy
Monomuchites obliquum was named by Frey (1995). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6034-CO, Sulphur Well(s), New Watts Mill Rd., Little Hickman A section, which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Monomuchites obliquum Frey p. P58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusMonomuchitesWilson 1961
speciesobliquum

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.

†Monomuchites obliquum Frey 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available