Kalops diophrys Poplin and Lund 2002 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: C. M. Poplin and R. Lund. 2002. Two Carboniferous fine-eyed palaeoniscoids (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from Bear Gulch (USA). Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1014-1028

Belongs to Kalops according to C. M. Poplin and R. Lund 2002

See also Cloutier and Arratia 2004

Sister taxon: Kalops monophrys

Type specimen: ROM 43984, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (ROM Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Chesterian of United States (1: Montana collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Montana)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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