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Lophotes elami

Actinopteri - Lampriformes - Lophotidae

Taxonomy
Lophotes elami was named by Arambourg (1943). Its type specimen is MNHN F.EIP10, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Town-of-Ilam, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine horizon in the Pabdeh Formation of Iran.

It was recombined as Protolophotus elami by Walters (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Lophotes elami Arambourg
1957Protolophotus elami Walters

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLampriformes
familyLophotidae
speciesLophotes elamiArambourg 1943
specieselamiArambourg 1943

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.

†Lophotes elami Arambourg 1943
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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: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Iran (Ilam) Lophotes elami (type locality: 190737)