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Pseudomonotis hawni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Taxonomy
Monotis hawni was named by Meek and Hayden (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas River, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Herington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Pseudomonotis hawni by Newell (1938) and Clifton (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. doneziana, P. kittli, P. lieberti, P. papyria, P. papyrica, P. permiana, P. artica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Monotis hawni Meek and Hayden
1938Pseudomonotis hawni Newell p. 94 figs. Pl 17, fig 11; pl 18, figs 8-16
1942Pseudomonotis hawni Clifton p. 690 figs. Pl 101, fig 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusPseudomonotis
specieshawni(Meek and Hayden 1858)

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.

†Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available