†Kalops monophrys Poplin and Lund 2002 (ray-finned fish)
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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 and Lowney 1980
Sister taxon: Kalops diophrys
Type specimen: CM 27372 A, B, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Montana collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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