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Simulidium priscum
Taxonomy
Simulidium priscum was named by Westwood (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 59266, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Simulidium priscum Westwood pp. 382, 394 figs. Pl 15, fig 15 |
| 1885 | Simulidium priscum Scudder p. 811 fig. 1087 |
| 1906 | Simulidium priscum Handlirsch p. 629 figs. Pl LI fig 3 |
| 2003 | Simulidium priscum Mostovski et al. p. 60 figs. 1A,B, 2 |
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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.
†Simulidium priscum Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Simulidium priscum (type locality: 117342) |