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Carpolithes lunatus

Taxonomy
Carpolithes lunatus was named by Hickey (1977). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 167535. Its type locality is Heart River Bluffs (USNM 14051), which is in a Clarkforkian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Carpolithes lunatus Hickey p. 153 figs. Pl. 53, figs. 8-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
genusCarpolithesSchlotheim 1820
RankNameAuthor
specieslunatus

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.

Carpolithes lunatus Hickey 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available