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Monomitopus nudus

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Monomitopus nudus was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS 13062, which is in a Tongaporutuan marine mudstone in the Bells Creek Mudstone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Monomitopus nudus Schwarzhans p. 152
2019Monomitopus nudus Schwarzhans p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
subfamilyNeobythitinaeRadcliffe 1913
genusMonomitopusAlcock 1890
speciesnudus

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.

†Monomitopus nudus Schwarzhans 1980
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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: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tongaporutuan or 11.60800 to 6.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand (North Island) Monomitopus nudus (type locality: 219269 219553 219554)