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Litophlebia optata
Taxonomy
Xenophlebia optata was named by Riek (1976). Its type specimen is C-Dt II 752ab, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bird's River (C-Dt II), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Litophlebia, Xenophlebia.
It was recombined as Litophlebia optata by Hubbard and Riek (1978), Willmann (2007).
It was recombined as Litophlebia optata by Hubbard and Riek (1978), Willmann (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Xenophlebia optata Riek p. 150 figs. Figs 1-3 |
| 1978 | Litophlebia optata Hubbard and Riek p. 260 |
| 2007 | Litophlebia optata Willmann p. 121 fig. 13 |
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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.
†Litophlebia optata Riek 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||