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Palecphora patefacta
Taxonomy
Palecphora patefacta was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is Lee 1(143), an exoskeleton, 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 | Palecphora patefacta Scudder p. 327 figs. Pl 7 fig 7 |
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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.
†Palecphora patefacta Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Palecphora patefacta (type locality: 122092) |