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Proceramala montanensis

Aesopichthyidae

Taxonomy
Proceramala montanensis was named by Poplin and Lund (2000). Its type specimen is CM 41011, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Proceramala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Proceramala montanensis Poplin and Lund p. 439 figs. 14-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
familyAesopichthyidae
genusProceramala
speciesmontanensis

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.

†Proceramala montanensis Poplin and Lund 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Proceramala montanensis (type locality: 90681 116659)