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Taxonomy
Tipula carpenteri was named by Alexander (1938). Its type specimen is MCZ 4536, an exoskeleton (nearly complete fly), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Creede (MCZ collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Tipula carpenteri Alexander p. 112 figs. Pl 13 figs 1, 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.
†Tipula carpenteri Alexander 1938
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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 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | Tipula carpenteri (type locality: 121977 121978) |