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Kalops monophrys

Taxonomy
Kalops monophrys was named by Poplin and Lund (2002) [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Its type specimen is CM 27372 A, B, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body 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 Kalops, Acontoniscus.

It was recombined as Acontoniscus cracens by Lowney (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Acontoniscus cracens Lowney p. 228
2000Kalops monophrys Duplicate
2002Kalops monophrys Poplin and Lund p. 1014 figs. 1-3
2004Kalops monophrys Cloutier and Arratia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusKalops
speciesmonophrys

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.

†Kalops monophrys Poplin and Lund 2002
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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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) Kalops monophrys (136169)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Kalops monophrys (type locality: 90681 116654 116659 116660 116763 227061)