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Lithopsis elongata
Taxonomy
Lithopsis elongata was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is Lee 90, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Green River (Lee Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Lithopsis elongata Scudder p. 301 figs. Pl 6 fig 28 |
| 2004 | Lithopsis elongata Szwedo et al. p. 95 |
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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.
†Lithopsis elongata Scudder 1890
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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: Bridgerian or 51.10000 to 45.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Lithopsis elongata (type locality: 122092) |