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Prochoroptera calopteryx
Taxonomy
Prochoroptera calopteryx was named by Handlirsch (1911). Its type specimen is YPM 67, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Prochoroptera calopteryx Handlirsch p. 376 figs. Figs 61-63 |
| 1941 | Prochoroptera calopteryx Haupt p. 100 fig. 21 |
| 1978 | Prochoroptera calopteryx Carpenter and Richardson p. 220 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Prochoroptera calopteryx Handlirsch 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Prochoroptera calopteryx (type locality: 112630 112637 122493 124837 124840 124841 151852) |